Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Maharashtra’s Parbhani city on Monday to meet the families of two victims who were killed in violence there earlier this month.
The BJP, however, termed Gandhi’s visit a “drama”.
On the evening of December 10, a glass-enclosed replica of the Constitution near the statue of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar outside the city’s railway station in Marathwada area was vandalized, and Parbhani witnessed it Witnessed violence.
According to the schedule shared by Congress leader Vijay Wadetiwar, Gandhi will meet Ambedkarites Somnath Suryavanshi, who died in police custody, and Ambedkarites Somnath Suryavanshi, who died in police custody. The family of Vijay Wakode, who died while participating in protests.
While there were allegations that Suryavansh was killed in police custody, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis recently told the state assembly that the man told the magistrate that he was not tortured and neither was the CCTV footage Show any evidence of brutality.
Fadnavis has announced a judicial inquiry into the Parbhani violence.
Bharatiya Janata Party president and Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bhavankule termed Gandhi’s visit a “drama”.
“The focus should not be on doing such drama but on how to benefit the society through constructive means. The BJP and the state government are committed to keeping the society and all communities united,” he told reporters.