Devendra Fadnavis slams Sharad Pawar for indulging in ‘appeasement politics’
Fadnavis said, "The Kashmir Files movie is not against any religion but it is against those who chose to look the other way when people were suffering, because they felt that it suits their political agenda of appeasement, thereby achieving a communal divide".
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Mumbai, April 15: Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis slammed NCP chief Sharad Pawar over his recent statements on ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie, the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts and Ishrat Jahan, and accused him and his party of indulging in appeasement politics and polarising the society.
He further added that such acts and approaches to disturbing harmony of the society cannot be accepted in Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's India. Accusing Pawar of showing "double standards", Fadnavis questioned why the film based on real testimonials of the sufferings of Kashmiri Pandits disturbed him as it did not suit his "pseudo-secular agenda".
Highlighting that the NCP called Ishrat Jahan "innocent", he alleged that NCP leaders extended help to Jahan even went to the extent of demeaning the Intelligence Bureau even though they themselves were in power at that time.
In a series of 14 tweets, Fadnavis accused Pawar of going against the wishes and values of the chief architect of the Indian Constitution – Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. Fadnavis also outed that Pawar was the first person to use the term “Hindu terror”.
Fadnavis alleged that Pawar criticized the film as it did not suit his "political agenda of appeasement". Fadnavis said, "The Kashmir Files movie is not against any religion but it is against those who chose to look the other way when people were suffering, because they felt that it suits their political agenda of appeasement, thereby achieving a communal divide".
He further added that such acts and approaches to disturbing harmony of the society cannot be accepted in Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's India. Accusing Pawar of showing "double standards", Fadnavis questioned why the film based on real testimonials of the sufferings of Kashmiri Pandits disturbed him as it did not suit his "pseudo-secular agenda".
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Remarking on Pawar's old statements during the Mumbai 1993 bomb blasts, Fadnavis said that Pawar invented the "13th blast in a Muslim area". "Instead of law and order, appeasement was his first priority," he added. Further, he labelled Pawar's statements like 'Minorities decide whom to defeat', and 'Hindu Terror' as "invoking".
Highlighting that the NCP called Ishrat Jahan "innocent", he alleged that NCP leaders extended help to Jahan even went to the extent of demeaning the Intelligence Bureau even though they themselves were in power at that time.