Sena burn Aiyar effigy burnt in Savarkar town

District Shiv Sena president Datta Gaikwad also said his party would not allow Aiyar to enter Nashik district as a mark of protest. Today’s bandh paralysed life in Bhagur town. Shops and establishments remained closed while roads wore a deserted look.

The issue took a turn in Parliament though. Right after Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, even before Opposition members could customarily bring up the Savarkar issue, Congress members were on their feet, waving a factsheet on a criminal case involving Bharti. With both ruling and opposition members persisting with their demand, Deputy Chairman Rehman Khan adjourned the House till 2.30 pm. Congress members, led by Jairam Ramesh, demanded that Bharti resign in the face of an arrest warrant issued by a Hubli court against her and 21 others on charges of attempting to commit murder, assaulting public servant and rioting with deadly weapons.