Days into new govt, ally NCP urges CM Uddhav Thackeray to withdraw Bhima Koregaon cases

After Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government held felling of trees in Aarey Colony in Mumbai, NCP has w urged him to withdraw Bhima Koregaon case. Claiming that cases were false, NCP leer Jitendra Awh said that Maha Vikas Aghi under leership of Uddhav Thackeray and Jayant Patil should take decision to withdraw cases.

Violence erupted at Bhima Koregaon on January 1,  in which one person was killed and many ors were injured. A probe was launched by Maharashtra police. Police n arrested five people claiming m to be "urban naxals", and has alleged that y were plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a "Rajiv Gandhi-" attack.

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Aarey case

In a press briefing last week, CM Thackeray said that metro-3 car shed project in Aarey colony will t only be stopped but assured that 't a single leaf of Aarey will be axed'. He furr said that construction will commence only after a thorough investigation is conducted on project and a decision is taken. 

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Cases registered against green activists who tried to stop felling of trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony will be withdrawn, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray anunced on Sunday night. Cases were registered after clashes broke out between police and green activists opposing axing of trees by  Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) in Aarey Colony early October for construction of a metro car shed for Metro-3 line.

"I have directed police officials to withdraw cases registered against green activists who were protesting against chopping of trees in Aarey forest area," Thackeray told reporters. CM reiterated that he was t stopping any metro project in Mumbai.

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