Maharashtra BJP chief Bawankule said, “The beautification of the graves of the 1993 Mumbai blasts convicts is one of the many incidents that show that Mr Thackeray had compromised with Hindutva to protect his position as chief minister. ”
Maharashtra BJP chief Bawankule said, “The beautification of the graves of the 1993 Mumbai blasts convicts is one of the many incidents that show that Mr Thackeray had compromised with Hindutva to protect his position as chief minister. ”
Maharashtra BJP President Chandrashekhar K Bawankule on Thursday 8 September 2022 accused former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray of beautification. 1993 mumbai serial blast convicted felon Yakub Memon’s grave and demanded an unconditional apology from the former.
“The beautification of the terrorist’s grave was done during the COVID-19 pandemic. He (Mr Thackeray) did not have time for the common man and the Maha Vikas Aghadi government had helped in the beautification of the grave. This is one of several incidents which exposed that Mr Thackeray had compromised with Hindutva to protect his position as chief minister,” Mr Bawankule said.
Residents observed a minute’s silence to mark the anniversary of the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Worli, Mumbai. file photo | photo credit: The Hindu
“During Covid, he did not have time to meet people but allowed for beautification of his (Memon) grave. The whole state and the country should be ashamed of this act.” Mr. Thackeray must answer why he compromised with Hindutva, and it is very unlikely that such an incident happened, and as the Chief Minister, he was not aware of the state. The BJP chief said. “I am sure intelligence officials must have informed Mr. Thackeray about this incident. To save his chair, he compromised and harmonized with his Hindutva,” he said, adding that the former chief minister should apologize to Maharashtra for allowing the beautification of a terrorist’s grave.
Shinde-Fadnavis urged for investigation
Further, Mr. Bawankule requested Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to investigate and take legal action against those who supported or helped in the beautification of Memon’s grave. “They should be punished,” he said. Here the grave of Bada Kabarstan in Marine Lines was decorated with white marble and LED lights. However, the employees of the cemetery say that the entire cemetery was illuminated during Shad-e-Barat.
On Wednesday night, BJP MLA Ram Kadam shared pictures of the grave and tweeted, “Uddhav Thackeray was the Chief Minister. During that time the grave of the dreaded terrorist Yakub Memon, who carried out this incident 1993 bomb blast in mumbai Turned into a grave at the behest of Pakistan, this is their love for Mumbai, this is their patriotism? Sharad Pawar and Rahul Gandhi, including Uddhav Thackeray, apologized to the people of Mumbai.