Mumbai, June 9: The Koregaon Bhima Enquiry Commission issued summons to the chiefs of six political parties in Maharashtra. The commission which is investigating the January 1, 2018 violence near a memorial in Pune district has called on the party chiefs to take their suggestions on steps to prevent & tackle the law and order in the area in a better way.
According to reports, summons has been issued to CM Uddhav Thackeray of Shiv Sena, BJP’s Chandrakant Patil, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi’s Prakash Ambedkar, MNS’ Raj Thackeray, Republic Party of India’s Ramdas Athawale, and Pradesh Congress Committee chief Nana Patole.
The commission has asked the party chiefs to file an affidavit before June 30. The Party chiefs have also been asked to appear for submitting their oral statements before the commission.
This is after the advocate of commission Ashish Satpute submitted an application to the commission’s chairman Jaynarayan Patel. In the application, he stated that it was necessary to consider suggestions of the party chiefs before deciding on administrative measures to maintain law and order in the area and avoid the recurrence of such incidents.
On May 5, Pawar appeared before the commission & recorded his statement after he was issued a summons by the commission. He filed two affidavits with suggestions to the commission that had sought his presence.
As per Pune police, violence erupted between caste groups near the war memorial during the bicentennial anniversary of the 1818 battle of Koregaon Bhima on January 1, 2018.