Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Tuesday called off its protest at chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’ residence following his assurance on withdrawing the cases against party activists who had protested against the murder of its two workers in Kedgaon, Ahmadnagar.
Mr Fadnavis gave the assurance to Public Works Minister Eknath Shinde helping to ease the rising tension between the partners in government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Sena
Meanwhile, Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will on April 25 visit Kedgaon to meet the families of murdered party workers Sanjay Kotkar and Vasant Thube.
The Sena had threatened to stage the rally in front of Mr Fadnavis’ Mumbai residence, Varsha, if the police arrested the Sena workers over the incidents that occurred during protests against the murders in Ahmadnagar. The Sena has clarified that if the cases were not withdrawn byApril 25, it would protest before Varsha.
Mr Fadnavis has directed the police not to proceed against the Sena workers, sources have said.
Mr Fadnavis had directed the police to drop cases against Republican Party of India (RPI) workers, who had participated in nationwide shut down after violence in Bhima Koregaon. But in the Ahmadnagar matter, all the BJP workers who allegedly attacked the district police chief’s office following the arrest of MLA Sangram Jagtap, have not been arrested.
