Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nov 8 (PTI) BJP leader Pankaja Munde on Wednesday condemned the violence witnessed in Beed and other cities of Maharashtra during the Maratha quota agitation last week, and said the youth should not be induced to turn violent.
Talking to reporters after visiting Beed where the houses of some NCP leaders were torched by protesters on October 30, she blamed it on intelligence failure and demanded probe by a special investigation team.
“No agitation should be converted into a threat. If someone has an opinion which is a little different from yours, he should not be terrorised,” the former Maharashtra minister said, appealing that there should be no violence in the future.
“If the youth are put on such a path (of violence), their future will not be secure even after getting reservation,” she added.
Talking about the incidents in Beed, Munde claimed that ambulances reached the spot “in 15 minutes” if the attackers were injured, but fire brigade vehicles could not reach in time.
“It was an intelligence failure. A time-bound probe should be conducted by a special investigation team,” she said. PTI AW KRK
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