Thackerays are not above law, says Digvijay
Indore: Terming the recent attacks allegedly
carried out by activists of Shiv Sena and MNS in Mumbai as
"sheer goondaism", Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh
on Sunday said Bal Thackeray and Raj Thackeray were not above the
law.
"The recent Shiv Sena attack on a media house and MNS's
violent acts in Maharashtra Assembly were "sheer goondaism"
and Bal Thackeray and Raj Thackeray were not above the law,"
Singh told reporters here.
To a poser, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Singh
said that such violent acts should be dealt with strictly.
Asked to comment over reports that Madhya Pradesh
Congress President Suresh Pachouri had punched a party worker
last night at the airport here after he was mobbed by
Congressmen demanding ticket for the next month's civic bodies
poll in the state, Singh in a lighter vein asked the
media persons not to meddle in the affairs between Pachouri
and partymen.
The incident of pushing and jostling at the airport,
was being blown out of proportion, he said.
Asked whether he endorsed the recent statement of Madhya
Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan that locals
should be given preferance in jobs in industries in the state,
Singh recalled that when the Congress regime had decided that
Class X pass-outs of Madhya Pradesh Education Board should be
given priority in employment, BJP had opposed the proposal.
PTI