Sanjay Raut targets CM Fadnavis over shootings, murders and kidnappings in Maharashtra

Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Monday raised the regime change slogan of the Opposition while slamming Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who handles the Home portfolio over what he claimed was a spate of shootings murders extortion and kidnappings in the stateShiv Sena UBT MPs remarks came a day after two persons were fired at Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff who escaped unhurt while two others sustained injuriesWATCH Mumbai Maharashtra On the firing on actor Tiger Shroff Shiv Sena UBT MP Sanjay Raut says Devendra Fadnavis is the Home Minister of this state He is also Chief Minister but the responsibility for maintaining law and order lies with himIn Mumbai we have witnessed brazen incidents including an attack on Salman Khan the murder of Baba Siddique and the killing of our Shiv Sena worker Pradeep Purnekar in Thane Just yesterday shots were fired at Tiger Shroff This is jungle raj lawlessness When such a state of lawlessness prevails the government should be dismissed and Presidentrsquos Rule imposed In Maharashtra the situation has spiralled out of the control of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavismdash ANI ANI October 19 2026Sanjay Raut while talking to the media on Monday said People are being murdered every day in Maharashtra We are questioning the government about these incidents and that is why we are demanding regime changerdquoRaut also added Instead of answering questions about the present the Chief Minister asks us to talk about murders that took place 35 40 or 50 years ago He should answer for what is happening in the state today as per PTISanjay Raut slams CM Devendra Fadnavis over law and order situation in MumbaiBaba Siddique was murdered shootings are taking place repeatedly and industrialists are being kidnapped Raut said adding that Fadnavis as state Home Minister must take responsibility for the states law and order situationReferring to the Tiger Shroff firing incident and the killing of a Shiv Sena worker Raut asked what was the governments responseRaut asserted The state Home Department is being used to target and jail political opponents while criminal gangs are allowed to operate freely Our demand for regime change continues This situation cannot continue The present regime must be removedThe Shiv Sena UBT MP also said that the present dispensation was not a government of the people but one dependent on Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh KumarOur fight is against this mafia system The situation in Maharashtra has reached a stage where people are afraid to step out as nobody knows when or where a shooting might take place The government must answer for this failure Raut saidSlamming the Maharashtra Government Raut said that Fadnavis was avoiding questions about the current law and order situation by referring to incidents from the past like the murder of Mansukh HiranHe also criticised Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde for visiting Tiger Shroff after the firing incident but not the family of Shiv Sena UBT worker Pradeep Purnekar who was gunned down in Thane last month as per PTIDespite being the guardian minister of Thane Shinde is yet to visit the Purnekar household nor has he directed police to take action against the accused Raut pointed outSenior Congress leader and former state chief minister Prithviraj Chavan also hit out at the Fadnavis governmentCriticising the government over the attacks on Tiger Shroff in Mumbai and businessman Rana Suryavanshi in Baramati in Pune Raut said Maharashtra does not need a reign of terror it needs the rule of lawWith inputs from PTI