Is Maharashtra govt mentally stable? Devendra Fadnavis on probe into tweets

The BJP on Monday slammed the Shiv Senaled Maharashtra government after Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said the state intelligence department will probe allegations that some celebrities were pressurised recently to issue tweets in connection with the ongoing farmers protestIn a stinging attack senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis termed the move as disgusting and highly deplorable and said the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA should feel ashamed while using the word probe for Bharat Ratna awardeesHe also said that it seems necessary to probe the mental state of those who demanded the investigation and those who ordered itHas this MVA Govt lost all its senses MVA should feel ashamed while using the word probe for BharatRatnas Actually now it seems necessary to probe the mental state amp stability of the ones who made such demand amp of people who ordered probe against our BharatRatnas Fadnavis tweetedMany celebrities including cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar rallied around the central government on social media using hashtags IndiaTogether and IndiaAgainstPropaganda following tweets by Rihanna and climate activist Greta Thunberg backing farmers who are protesting near Delhi borderTendulkar and Mangeshkar are recipients of Bharat Ratna the highest civilian award in IndiaIn an apparent swipe at the Shiv Sena which heads the MVA government Fadnavis a former chief minister asked Where is your Marathi Pride now Where is your Maharashtra Dharma We will never find such ratnas gems in entire Nation who order probe against BharatRatnas who always stand strong in one voice for our NationEarlier in the day home minister Deshmukh said the intelligence department in Maharashtra will probe whether some celebrities were allegedly pressurised recently to issue tweets in connection with the farmers protest after American pop star Rihanna and others talked about the stir on social mediaDeshmukh a senior NCP leader made these remarks after the Congress sought investigation into the BJPs alleged connection to the tweets posted by celebrities and whether they were armtwisted to issue such tweetsThe Sharad Pawarled Nationalist Congress Party NCP is one of the ruling constituents with the Congress in the Senaled governmentHitting back at Fadnavis Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant accused the BJP of deliberately trying to twist the issueHe said the Congress demaned the probe of the BJP connection to the tweets and not of celebritiesWhy BJP is keeping mum on why tweets of Akshay Kumar and Saina Nehwal are matching with each other Why Suniel Shetty tags his tweet to a BJP office bearer Why BJP is scared of probe Sawant tweetedSawant further questioned why the drafts of most of the tweets are identical and have the same word amicable mentioned in themHe also claimed that there is a great possibility that some celebrities were armtwisted by the BJP into issuing the tweets rallying around the Central governmentThose need to be given protection Those who have opined on their own their opinion must be respected he addedHe alleged that the BJP was capable of pressurising celebritiesit is the duty of MVA govt to provide atmosphere where every individual can exercise their right of freedom of speech without any pressure Even if pressure is from Modi govt Sawant addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever