"Rahul Gandhi came to Parbhani to do drama...": Maharashtra Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule

Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], December 23 (ANI): After Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi visited violence-hit Parbhani, Maharashtra Minister and state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday said that Rahul Gandhi came to Parbhani to do "drama and to provoke the society."
"Rahul Gandhi came to Parbhani and left after giving silly statements. He has never worked in the government and does not know anything about law and order. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has taken all steps regarding the incident... Rahul Gandhi had come only to do drama... Rahul Gandhi provoked the society. Our government is concerned about the incident and is taking all steps," Bawankule told ANI.
Earlier, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis targeted Rahul Gandhi calling his visit to Maharashtra's violence-hit Parbhani "a political meeting" and an "attempt to create hatred among people on caste lines."
"Rahul Gandhi has come here only for political purposes, this was just a political meeting, an attempt to create hatred among people on caste lines, he has been doing this work for the last many years, so I think his work of spreading hatred, he has completed it today in Parbhani," he said.
Fadnavis informed that the state government have announced a judicial inquiry into Parbhani violence assuring that no one will be spared and the strictest action will be taken against the guilty.
"The government of Maharashtra is sensitive, so we have announced a judicial inquiry into this entire matter. All the truth will come out in the judicial inquiry. Nothing will be hidden, there is no reason for it and if it is revealed in that investigation that the death has happened due to assault or any other reason, then no one will be spared and the strictest action will be taken," he said.
Rahul Gandhi on Monday visited Maharashtra's violence-hit Parbhani and alleged that the victim was "murdered" because he was a Dalit and was "protecting" the Constitution.
"I have met the family and those who have been killed and beaten up. They showed me the post-mortem report, videos, photographs. This is 100 per cent a custodial death. He has been murdered and the Chief Minister lied in the Assembly to give a message to the police. This young man was killed because he was a Dalit and was protecting the Constitution," Rahul Gandhi told reporters.
Violence erupted in Parbhani city on December 10 following the alleged vandalism of a replica of the Indian Constitution. Special Inspector General of Nanded, Shahaji Umap, earlier stated that around 50 people had been arrested, and eight cases registered in connection with the violence. (ANI)