Law and order has completely collapsed: Sanjay Raut after attack on Anil Deshmukh
Mumbai(PTI): A day after NCP (SP) leader Anil Deshmukh was injured in an attack in Nagpur, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut hit out at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis claiming the law and order has completely collapsed in the state.
Fadnavis holds charge of the state home department.
Talking to reporters on Tuesday, Raut claimed the state administration is under the control of the Election Commission of India as the Model Code of Conduct is in place for the assembly polls, but even then the writ of the home minister runs in the state.
Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh was seriously injured after stones were hurled at his car in Nagpur on Monday evening.
"(NCP leader) Baba Siddique, a former minister, is killed and an attempt is being made to kill a former home minister (Deshmukh) which takes place in Nagpur where Devendra Fadnavis hails from," Raut said.
"Never ever has a former home minister been attacked. But it has taken place in the tenure of Devendra Fadnavis," the Rajya Sabha member said, and claimed Maharashtra's law and order has "completely collapsed".
Raut said Fadnavis should accept the responsibility that a former home minister has been attacked brutally and the law and order has collapsed.
"We are worried that threats will be issued to workers of the opposition parties, they will be attacked or booked in false cases," the Sena (UBT) leader said.
Deshmukh was returning to Katol after attending a meeting in Narkhed village on Monday when some unidentified persons threw stones at his car near Belphata on Jalalkheda Road near Katol in Nagpur district.
Police have registered a case in this connection against four unidentified persons on charges of attempt to murder, an official earlier said.
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Users flee Elon Musk's X for rival Bluesky amid rising concerns over hate speech, misinformation
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Users have been gradually leaving the microblogging platform for several months, but this exodus appears to have accelerated in the wake of Musk’s ownership and his public support for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Critics argue that under Musk's leadership, X has evolved from a platform for open discourse to one that amplifies far-right views, raising concerns over free speech and the proliferation of harmful content.
With Musk now heading the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency under the Trump administration, his previous claims about maintaining platform neutrality seem increasingly outdated. In 2022, Musk stated, “For Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far right and the far left equally.” However, his actions and political ties in recent months have raised doubts about his commitment to this principle.
Bluesky, which began as an internal project led by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has emerged as a popular social media alternative, amassing 16 million users in a short time. Last week alone, the platform gained a million new users within 24 hours. While Bluesky’s user base still pales in comparison to X’s approximately 317 million active users, its appeal lies in its open and decentralised structure, which allows users greater control over the content they see and share.
