Tag: Maharashtra

Amid violent threats, legal crackdowns, and silencing of dissent, Maharashtra’s election becomes a crucial moment for safeguarding civil liberties

Disturbing trends in disbursal of agri-credit and priority sector lending reveal that Mumbai (with only 2 districts),hogs the credit with banks distributing Rs. 252179 crore out of total of Maharashtra of Rs. 549397 crore, forming 46% of the total in 2022- 23, the highest percentage among all the regions of the state

In this compelling video, farmers' leader Vijay Jawandhia from...

CJP calls for immediate removal of inflammatory posters and demands strict action ahead of the state elections

As the Maharashtra Assembly elections approach, with the announcement due any day now, the Shinde government has rolled s out last-minute welfare measures! And its “alliance partner,” the BJP has today issued appropriate-ory advertisements, with deputy chief minister Devendra Phadnavis prostrating before a statue of Dr BR Ambedkar; this while the state regime continues to undermine constitutional values while exploiting Dr. Ambedkar's legacy to secure votes from marginalised communities

With over 19 hate speech FIRs stuck in limbo, no reports of further investigations nor arrests, the Mahayuti state government faces criticism for slow (or no) action as communal tensions rise; CJP intensifies legal action and monitoring to curb growing communal violence in Maharashtra; details of the complaints filed by CJP may be read here.

Protests by locals in Badlapur after Maharashtra police did not file an FIR in the case for over 12 hours after it was brought to their attention-- delaying medical examination by 10 hours—has created a storm in Thane district of Maharashtra; SCPCR accuses school of attempting to cover up the crime instead of assisting the parents in filing a police complaint; Opposition says school was run those with the BJP

The protestors had gathered in thousands to demand justice and action against the sexual assault of two four-year-old schoolgirls by a male cleaning staff member in a school as well as to condemn the delayed response from the authorities in filing the FIR against the perpetrator

Protests organizsd by the “Sakal Hindu Samaj” resulted in clashes, injuries and violence in the state, FIR lodged against Ramgiri Maharaj for inflammatory remark against the Prophet, 18 cops and several others injured in Nashik from stone pelting

Among the states that savagely cut down the odious Modi-Shah-led BJP regime to size in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections were the two states with the largest number of MPs in the country – Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. Both these states are currently ruled by the BJP.