Awhad has been booked under Section 295 (a) of the Indian Penal Code on charges of hurting the religious sentiments of a community.
Mumbai police lodge FIR against NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad for remarks on Lord Ram
The Mumbai police late on Friday night registered a first information report (FIR) against senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and MLA Jitendra Awhad for his alleged objectionable remarks on Lord Ram.
The FIR was lodged after Gautam Ravriya, a Bajrang Dal coordinator, filed a complaint at the MIDC police station.
“Awhad, who is from NCP’s Sharad Pawar faction, has made objectionable remark on Lord Ram and hurt my and people’s religious sentiments,” Ravriya stated in the FIR, adding that he saw Awhad’s speech live on a TV news channel.
Uddhav writes to Scindia, seeks naming of 2 airports after Sambhaji and DB Patil
Former Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday wrote to Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia demanding the naming of Aurangabad Airport as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Airport and Navi Mumbai International Airport as DB Patil International Airport, even as he welcomed the naming of airports of Ayodhya and Goa as Maharishi Valmiki International Airport and Manohar (late Goa CM Manohar Parrikar) International Airport respectively.
In his letter, Uddhav asked about the status of the proposal sent by the MVA government led by him for naming the two airports in Maharashtra.
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