Next week, NCP plans mega campaign to ‘safeguard’ Constitution

On April 14, the political party will hold mass pledge programmes at major squares of the city, town or villages to safeguard the Constitution.

NCP state president Jayant Patil said that the political party has appealed to its workers to organise the programmes and unite people to stop the insult of the Constitution.

With the programmes in honor of Phule and Ambedkar, NCP will also extend support to two rappers who have been “booked by police for their lyrics against the state government”.

Two days ago, police booked Raj Mungase — a rapper from Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar — for an alleged defamatory song by him against the BJP-Eknath Shinde Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra.

Another rapper, Umesh Khade, was detained by Mumbai’s Wadala Police on Friday for his song having abusive words against the system for treating farmers poorly.

NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad said that he will hold a special programme in Thane in coming days and invite all the Maharashtra-based who sing rebellious songs.

“These young artists are expressing their concern about the injustice. They are raising their voice against the system, and calling out to safeguard the Constitution. How can police arrest them?” questioned Awhad.

Supporting Mungase, NCP MLA Rohit Pawar said that the rapper was arrested when he did not even mention any name in his song.

“If he was arrested for mentioning 50 boxes (of money)… doesn’t it mean that the government has agreed to accept 50 boxes?” asked Pawar.