Rana couple has full right to speak about injustice done to them, says Athawale

Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Monday extended his support to the Rana couple on behalf of the Republican Party of India Athawale and said that the couple has full right to speak about the injustice done to themAfter being released from the jail today Lok Sabha MP from Amravati Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana reached Delhi to meet Home Minister Amit Shah and Lok Sabha speaker Om BirlaRegarding the couples visit to Delhi to complain about the alleged misconduct done to them in custody here Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said They have full right to meet the Home Minister and speaker of Lok Sabha to put forward the injustice done to them In fact they have the right to meet whoever they want to meet The couple has full support from the Republican party We condemn the injustice done to the Rana coupleHe condemned the injustice done to the Rana couple and said that they had only announced to recite the Hanuman Chalisa but had not done anything further The inhuman treatment of the administration and the Maharashtra government with the couple is unfair said AthawaleHe further said They had just announced to recite the Hanuman Chalisa in front of Matoshrees bungalow Police arrested them from their house and filed a case against them They have been charged with sedition this is unfair The administration and government are playing with democracy The pressure mechanism of the Uddhav Thackeray government is not rightThe minister accused the Thackeray government of misusing BMC to harass the Rana couple and further for their own benefitsI think Shiv Sena is soon going to lose power over BMC Once the elections are held they will be out of power They can misuse BMC only till they are in power he addedSpeaking about the BMCs notice to the Rana couple on the illegal construction of their residence in Mumbai Athawale said There are many illegal constructions in the city we dont support that But Shiv Sena is deliberately trying to harass some people Earlier they demolished Kangana Ranauts office Now they have given notice to Rana couple to demolish the illegal construction this is not goodThe Rana couple was granted bail on Wednesday from the court after staying 12 days in jail While granting bail the court had also put several conditions violating which the bail was subjected to be cancelled One of such conditions includes that Navneet Rana and her husband could not issue any statement in the media regarding the caseThe MPMLA couple was arrested on April 23 from their Mumbai residence after they declared that they would recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Uddhav Thackerays home in BandraThe two were booked in two FIRs lodged on charges of sedition promoting enmity and assaulting a public servant to prevent discharge of dutyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever