Aurangzeb, Tipu posts: Maha minister blames...

 The BJP often accuses opposition parties of following a list of steps, or toolkit, to fan a protest digitally and on the ground for political gains. Kolhapur in western Maharashtra saw violent protests from right wing outfits on Wednesday over some persons keeping an image of Tipu Sultan and an offensive audio message as their social media statues, leading to the arrest of 36 persons so far. Some persons were booked in Ahmednagar for allegedly carrying posters of Aurangzeb during a procession in Fakirwada area there on June 7. 

 "These incidents were from the toolkit of some political parties as part of a conspiracy. These parties know they cannot come to power on the strength of developmental politics," he told reporters, adding such parties routinely glorified Aurangzeb for vote-bank politics. 

 Hitting back at Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut's allegation that the violence was the result of an intelligence failure, Mungantiwar said "Aurangzeb's supporters" find a ray of hope in the former, adding that "some people take birth to speak ill". 

 Recalling the assassinations of former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi as well as communal riots that took place under various Congress governments in the past, Mungantiwar asked if these were the result of intelligence failure. 

 Some people orchestrate communal incidents from time to time, and just because burglars manage to carry out a heist does not mean CCTV units must he shut down, he opined. PTI