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Rohit Pawar slams govt over attack on minister Sanjay Shirsat's residence

Mumbai/Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nov 13 (UNI) Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Rohit Pawar on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Maharashtra government and the Home Department following a late-night attack on the residence of Social Justice Minister Sanjay Shirsat in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, questioning the safety of common citizens when a cabinet minister's home is not secure.
Condemning the incident, Pawar, in a social media post, said the attack on Shirsat's house was shocking and had thoroughly exposed the failures of the State's Home Department. Taking a dig at the ruling Mahayuti alliance, he urged the Chief Minister and the Home Minister—whom he accused of playing "puppet games" with alliance partners—to at least take serious cognisance of a grave incident involving a member of their own cabinet.
Recalling his own experience of efficient police planning during the 'Shetkari Akrosh Morcha' in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Pawar demanded an immediate and thorough investigation into the midnight attack.
Meanwhile, Minister Sanjay Shirsat, who is also the Minister in charge of the district, expressed severe displeasure over the local police administration's response to the incident, in which three inebriated youths allegedly hurled stones and glass bottles at his Golwadi residence.
Shirsat alleged that brazen murders were occurring in broad daylight in the city, yet the Police Commissioner lacked seriousness. He claimed that while his house was under attack, the Police Commissioner's phone was switched off and not a single DCP or ACP was available.
"Ultimately, I had to call the state Director General of Police at midnight to inform him about the incident. If this is the plight of a Guardian Minister, what will happen to ordinary citizens?" Shirsat asked, adding that he would formally lodge a complaint against the Police Commissioner with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
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