MP Navneet Rana alleges 'Sena MP threatened me' after she raised Vaze in LS; Sena refutes

As political crisis continues in Maharashtra over Param Bir Singh letter, Independent MP Navneet Rana on Monday, alleged that ex-Union Minister Arvind Sawant (a Shiv Sena MP) had threatened to send her to jail for raising Sachin Vaze issue in Lok Sabha. Speaking to Republic Media Network Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, she recounted her experience, claiming that her colleague had heard Sawant issue threat as he passed her while walking out of Lok Sabha, in retaliation. Sawant has refuted her allegations.

Independent MP alleges threat by Sena MP

"After I spoke about this, all Shiv Sena MPs walked out and Arvind Sawant paused near me and told me 'It is your time to go to jail'. I was shocked and my colleague behind me confirmed that he said such a thing. I will t stop working for people. I will t be silent. After Sharad Pawar's statement, it is clear that it was CM Thackeray who is involved with Vaze and t NCP," said Navneet Rana to Arnab. 

Rana- an NCP-backed Amravati MP has also written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla recounting her threat and demanding police action on Sawant. Refuting her allegations, Sawant who had resigned from Modi cabinet after BJP-Sena split, said that Rana's words and body-langu against CM Uddhav Thackeray were insulting. Asserting he was 'Shiv Sainik', he said that he could never threaten a woman,

"Why will I threaten her? I kw Navneet Rana well, she calls me bror whenever we meet. If re were people present near her at that time, n, y can tell if I threatened her. I don't like way she talks and whenever she talks about Uddhav Thackeray, her body langu is very insulting. She always talks like this, thing new. I am a Shiv Sainik, why will I threaten her as I left?," asked Sawant.

Moreover, BJP MP Rama Devi, said, "Navneet Rana has spoken to me on this. Arvind Sawant being an MP should t have said such a thing. I will ask Speaker to take this seriously." Rama Devi, herself had been victim to harassment by SP MP Azam Khan, who had to publically apologise for his behaviour.

Vaze raised in Parliament

Earlier in day, Lok Sabha witnessed an uproar after several BJP MPs apart from Rana raised issue of extortion charges leveled against Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh by Mumbai's former police commissioner Param Bir Singh, calling for a CBI inquiry into allegations. BJP MP Rakesh Singh slammed Uddhav Thackeray for holding a press conference in support of Inspector Sachin Waze, who is arrested in Mansukh Hiren death case. CM said he (Sachin Vaze) is best police personnel in country. n how did this happen?" he asked.

Meanwhile, Rana asked, "On what basis was a man who suspended for 16 yrs & jailed, reinstated? When re was BJP govt, Uddhav Thackeray himself had called up Devendra Fadnavis for reinstating Sachin Waze, Fadnavis had refused. When Thackeray govt came, y reinstated him back". 

Maharashtra DG (Home Guards) Param Bir Singh has sent an 8-p letter to CM Thackeray, HM Anil Deshmukh and Gov Koshyari alleging that Deshmukh had demanded Vaze to collect Rs 100 crores from 1750 pubs in Mumbai per month. Sena has defended both Param Bir Singh and Sachin Vaze, claiming that y were t guilty yet, as probe into Antilia bomb scare continues. Its ally NCP has held Param Bir Singh responsible for Vaze's action rar than government. Param Bir Singh has been transferred to Maharashtra (Home Guards) after ex-Mumbai API Sachin Vaze's arrest in Antilia bomb scare case and his involvement in Mansukh Hiren's alleged murder - both cases are w being probed by NIA.