Maharashtra CM hits out at Pawar over alleged plot to assassinate PM Narendra Modi

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday criticised nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar for earlier saying that the BJP was playing a "threat letter card" to gain sympathy.

On Sunday, amid the controversy over an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pawar on Sunday had said that the threat letter was being used to win people's sympathy.

He said, "They say there was a threatening letter. I spoke to a retired police officer, who had worked for CID. He said there is no substance in the letter. The letter is being used to garner people`s sympathy."

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However, Fadnavis slammed Pawar and tweeted that the former was not expected to "stoop down to this level".

"It is very unfortunate that Sharad Pawar ji is raising doubts about the communication ceased by the police which revels the plot to assassin Hon PM Narendra Modi ji. Hon PM Narendra Modi ji is the leader of our nation and not just of a political party," Fadnavis tweeted.

"@PawarSpeaks is not expected to stoop down to this level. Police has all the evidences and truth will prevail," his tweet further stated.

In a tweet in Marathi, Fadnavis said that "Pawar ji should play politics of the nation and not politics of hatred."

Earlier, claiming that the people arrested for inciting the Bhima -Koregaon violence were innocent, Pawar said, "When like-minded people came together to organise Elgar Parishad, they were called Naxals and arrested. Everyone knows who executed the Bhima-Koregaon violence, but those who have no link with it were arrested. This is a misuse of power."

For the uninitiated, the Pune police told a court that they were in possession of a letter, seized from the residence of one of the five people who has been arrested in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence, which talks about the assassination of Prime Minister Modi in Rajiv Gandhi-type incident.