Published 09:53 IST, December 22nd 2019
Sanjay Raut tweets cryptic phrase to corner Centre amid Sena's unclear stand on CAA
Amid ceaseless unrest across India over CAA, Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut in a veiled message targeted Central government over the new legislation in a cryptic tweet
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Tweets with calibrated, veiled and cryptic messs meant to take down political opponents have come as a regular from Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut. Amid ceaseless unrest across India over contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Raut in a veiled mess seems to have targeted Central government over new legislation. In a Sunday morning tweet, Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra posted a phrase in Hindi that re, "Everyone's blood is mixed with soil here. India is t anyone's inherent property."
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Clear intentions
Last week, amid Savarkar row and Shiv Sena's stand on CAA, Sanjay Raut h posted yet ar cryptic tweet taking a jibe at BJP. Taking to microblogging site Twitter, Raut said that his intention and stand are clear and that is why people are always against him. This seemed to be a dig at former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fnavis and or BJP leers who have been slamming Sena for allegedly compromising with its ideology for sake of power.
In his tweet, Raut said, "My intentions are always clear, so people are often against me..."
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Anti-CAA agitation
BJP government has drawn huge flak from citizens across India against CAA that fast-tracks citizenship for n-Muslim immigrants from neighbouring Pakistan, Afghanistan and Banglesh. government says law is necessary to provide relief to thousands of people fleeing persecution in those countries because of ir faith. Opponents of law contend that bill purposely leaves out Muslim immigrants and does t provide relief to those fleeing similar persecution in neighbouring Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
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protests initially began as peaceful mass agitation in Assam after law as a bill was introduced in Parliament. However, it took a violent turn after Parliament passed it and CAB received Presidential assent. Since December 11, over a dozen people have been reported de in clashes between protesters and police force across India, highest toll coming from BJP-ruled Uttar Presh. Protests were also held in various parts of Maharashtra, particularly Mumbai, where thousands thronged to streets demanding a rollback of law.
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08:57 IST, December 22nd 2019