Two ascetics and their driver were killed, allegedly by a 500-strong mob, while passing through Gadchinchale late night on 16 April, 2020. Maharashtra CM's assistance 'paid from party funds'.
The bench was hearing pleas including one filed by Shri Panch Dashban Juna Akhara sadhus & family of deceased seers, alleging that the probe was conducted in a biased manner.
The state government said it had last month filed an affidavit saying that action has been taken against 18 personnel, ranging from dismissal from service to salary cuts.
Vivek Vichar Manch’s fact-finding inquiry reports says the incident was not spontaneous, and that ‘real culprits aligned to Left-wing or other political parties are not yet touched’.
Till now, 154 people have been arrested and 11 juveniles detained in connection with the incident in which 3 men were lynched in April on their way to Surat during the lockdown.
On 24 August 1949, Jaipal Singh Munda, the driving force behind the Jharkhand movement, argued for political representation and self-governance for the tribal community in the Constituent Assembly.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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