KANPUR: The mayor of Kanpur city, Pramila Pandey, has lodged a complaint with the Swarup Nagar police accusing Shiv Sena president and Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray of using derogatory language for UP CM Yogi Adityanath. Police have registered the complaint as a non-cognisable report (NCR).
The complaint refers to a 2018 comment of Thackeray that went viral on social media immediately after union minister Narayan Rane was on Tuesday arrested for his ‘slap’ remark against the Maharashtra CM. In the video clip that has been submitted with the complaint lodged with the Kanpur police, Thackeray can be heard saying that Yogi Adityanath should be hit with chappals.
Mayor Pandey said, “Uddhav Thackeray had made a derogatory comment about our CM Yogi Adityanath, and I have lodged a police complaint against him.” She added, “He (Uddhav) is enjoying his father’s legacy and hasn’t worked hard himself.”
Ashwini Pandey, inspector at Swarup Nagar police station, said the complaint had been registered as an NCR.
After his release on bail on Tuesday night, Rane had at his press conference on Wednesday referred to Uddhav Thackeray’s remark against Yogi Adityanath and asked if that did not constitute a crime. Another incident he mentioned was Uddhav’s reaction to BJP MLC Prasad Lad who had called for Shiv Sena Bhavan to be brought down. Thackeray had said that if someone spoke such language, he would get such a ‘jhapad’ that he would not be able to get up.
