Situation in state under total control: Deshmukh

CM Vilasrao Deshmukh on Thursday said adequate measures have been taken to ensure law and order in Maharashtra.

Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Thursday said adequate measures have been taken to ensure law and order in Maharashtra which has witnessed attacks against north Indians.

“The situation in the state is under total control and adequate measures have been taken to ensure law and order,” Deshmukh told reporters here.

The Chief Minister was in town to attend the tercentenary celebrations of Guru-ta-Gaddi.

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Pressure mounted on the UPA government over attacks on north Indians in the state, with allies putting forth various demands including dismissal of the Congress-NCP government in the state, resignation of Bihar ministers from Union Cabinet and veiled threat of cancellation of trains to Maharashtra.

Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil had on Wednesday spoken to Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and expressed hope that the state government would act to check the violence.

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