Congress to hold Sadbhavana Yatra in Nagpur: Vijay Wadettiwar

On Tuesday Maharashtra Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar stated that the Sadbhavana Shanti Yatra will be held in Nagpur to promote communal harmony in the city following a recent violent incidentIn the wake of the Nagpur violence the Congress party is going to take out a Sadbhavana March in the city This march aims to establish peace eliminate mutual enmity and remove misunderstandings Wadettiwar stated during a press conference reported ANIOn March 17 Nagpur City witnessed a violent conflict over the demand for the removal of Aurangzebs grave with stones hurled at police amid rumours that a holy book of a community was burnt during an agitationMore than 114 individuals were detained on March 25 and thirteen cases were registered in connection with the violence in Nagpur which involved stonepelting and vehicles being set on fire following rumors about a holy chadar being burntAction is continuously being taken against those involved in the incident Thirteen cases have been filed in connection with the incident and more than 114 people have been accused and detained Nagpur Police Commissioner Ravinder Singal informed reported ANIEarlier on March 24 the Nagpur Municipal Corporations antiencroachment squad demolished illegal constructions at the residence of the accused Yusuf Sheikh and Faheem Khan in connection with the Nagpur riot caseResponding to a query about a potential Muslim president for Congress Maharashtra Congress MLA countered it by asking whether the BJP or Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS would ever appoint a Muslim as their chiefThe nation is watching their BJPs politics If they are asking us this whether Congress will have a Muslim President I want to ask them will they ever have a Muslim Chief of the RSS or of the BJP Wadettiwar question reported ANIBJP should not use Tahawwur Ranas extradition for votes Congress MLA Vijay WadettiwarMaharashtra Congress MLA Vijay Wadettiwar on Thursday called for the death sentence to Tahawwur Rana one of the key accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks But he urged the BJP not to politicise the issueRana should be quickly brought to India and hanged A person who attacked Mumbai and took so many lives should not be spared This matter should not be politicised Wadettiwar told ANIBJP should not use Ranas name for votes in the upcoming elections he addedMeanwhile Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday lashed out at the Congress for not doing anything to punish those involved in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks which killed 166 peopleTaking a dig at Congress Goyal argued that the then government did the job of serving Biryani to Ajmal Kasab one of the accused in the 2611 Mumbai attacks He credited Prime Minister Narendra Modis resolve to bring those who attacked the country to justice and ensure that they get punished on Indian landDuring Congress time the terrorists had attacked the very hotel we are standing in People died here However Congress didnt do anything to punish those involved The one who was caught Kasab was also served Biryani Those who attacked our countrythis is PM Modis resolve to bring them to justice and they get punished Every Indian citizen is proud of PM Modi that those involved would be punished on this land Goyal told ANIWith inputs from ANIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params