'Maha CM's allegation on Bharat Jodo Yatra shows govt's failure on terror front'

Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray on Friday claimed Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnaviss allegation made in the context of the Congresss Bharat Jodo Yatra showed the Centres failure in not knowing about terrorists operating in the country reported news agency PTIFadnavis had on Thursday alleged that some organisations which were declared as the frontal organisations of urban Naxals by the CongressNCP government in Maharashtra and the Manmohan Singh government at the Centre participated in the Bharat Jodo YatraTalking to reporters on the Vidhan Bhavan premises Thackeray said the attack on the Congresss office in Mumbai came about after Union Home Minister Amit Shahs remark on Dr Babasaheb AmbedkarBharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha BJYM workers on Thursday vandalised a Congress office in Mumbai claiming the grand old party had always insulted AmbedkarA massive political row erupted on Wednesday after the Congress and other opposition parties launched an allout attack on Shah for his remarks on Ambedkar and demanded his sacking and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top BJP leaders rallied to his defence and said he has exposed Congress antiAmbedkar standI dont think the offices should have been attacked The Home Minister should accept that what was in his heart came out of his mouth and apologise the Shiv Sena UBT MLA said reported PTIHe said the first information report against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the scuffle at the Parliament was a diversionary tacticThese are all diversionary tactics but I dont think Rahul ji or any one of us is afraid You can file FIRs against us we are not afraid We demand that he Shah should resign as Home Minister because he insulted Dr Ambedkar Thackeray said reported PTIHe further said Fadnaviss claim about the Bharat Jodo Yatra only showed the Union Home Ministrys failure to have knowledge about terrorists in the countryI want to make it clear that he Fadnavis was not levelling allegations against the Congress NCP SP or any other outfit or Bharat Jodo Yatra He only wanted to say that the Union Home Ministry has failed in the last 10 years or two and half years Because if he has this information about so many terrorists operating in our country or outside the country and the Home Minister does not know it then his Fadnavis allegations are directly against the Home Minister and not the Yatra Thackeray said reported PTIThe Shiv Sena UBT leader said an attack on a Marathispeaking family in Kalyan of Thane district was agonisingHe claimed that issues of Marathi and nonMarathispeaking people have come up in housing societies since the Mahayuti government came to power in the stateThackeray demanded the cancellation of occupational certificates OC to builders who deny homes to Marathispeaking people in their housing societiesWith inputs from PTI