The Shiv Sena on Wednesday took on the Union home ministry for providing Y-plus security to actor Kangana Ranaut calling it an insult to Mumbai and its police. In an editorial in Sena mouthpiece, Saamana published on Wednesday, it said that the BJP’s support to the actor looks like a conspiracy to ultimately separate Mumbai from Maharashtra and attacked the state unit of BJP and the Narendra Modi government for this.
“There is always a danger to Mumbai because those who support disrespect to ‘Mumbadevi’ are sitting in Delhi and Maharashtra’s assembly… First, defame Mumbai, then weaken it. Make Mumbai completely bankrupt and then one day separate it from Maharashtra. It is seen that these steps are being taken again,” the Saamana editorial said. It added, Comparing Mumbai to Pakistan occupied Kashmir and insulting the khaki uniform by calling Mumbai police as mafias are signs of a disturbed mindset…”
The events unfold in the light of actress Kangana Ranaut comparing Mumbai to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) in which she alleged in her tweets that Shiv Sena MLA has threatened her not to enter Mumbai. With this, the centre had provided her with ‘Y’ category security.
The Sena mouthpiece added the Maharashtra unit of BJP should have not supported the ones who referred to Maharashtra chief minister in a disrespectful manner and also added whether it would have taken the same decision for someone who insulted Ahmedabad, Gurugram, Lucknow, Varanasi, Ranchi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Bhopal.