Sena ex-MLA’s house attacked
Incident takes place after Jadhav made some remarks against Uddhav
Aurangabad, Oct. 17: Former Shiv Sena MLA Harshwardhan Jadhav’s residence in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district was vandalised by unidentified persons on Thursday after he allegedly made some demeaning remarks against Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray at an election rally, police said.
A car and some window panes were damaged in the attack that took place around 1.30 am when Jadhav, who is the son-inlaw of former state BJP president Raosaheb Danve, was not present at home, they said.
His wife and two sons were in the house at the time of the incident.
Mr Jadhav later said the remarks were made by him “in the flow” of his speech, and that attacking his house during his absence was a reaction to Shiv Sena’s defeat from Aurangabad in the Lok Sabha polls held earlier this year. Mr Jadhav, contesting the October 21 state polls as an Independent from Kannad in Aurangabad, at a rally here on Wednesday allegedly made objectionable comments against Mr Thackeray over the induction of former Congress minister Abdul Sattar into the Sena, a police official said. Mr Sattar is the Shiv Sena nominee from the
Sillod Assembly constituency in the district.
After a video of Mr Jadhav’s purported comments went viral on social media, some angry Shiv Sena workers went to the CIDCO police station on Wednesday evening and demanded registration of a case against him.
Sena leader and former Aurangabad MP Chandrakant Khaire has said that Mr Jadhav’s comments violate the model code of conduct in force for the next week’s polls.
On Wednesday evening, Mr Khaire led a Sena delegation to the collector’s office here and submitted a representation demanding action against Mr Jadhav for his comments.
“We have given a representation and demanded action against the former MLA. The statements he has given against the Shiv Sena chief violate the model code of conduct,” Mr Khaire said.