Ready to teach Opposition how it should function in assembly: Maharashtra CM

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that he was ready to teach the opposition how it is supposed to work in the legislative assembly reported news agency PTIHe also dismissed their efforts to create discord among the ruling BJP Shiv Sena and NCP stating that such attempts would not succeedThe opposition needs to get into its role as opposition The last week motion is an opportunity to discuss issues that could not be discussed in detail earlier in a session but are important the chief minister saidI am ready to volunteer to train the opposition in how to work as an opposition party Fadnavis in the debateFadnavis had served as leader of opposition in the assembly from 2019 to 2022 He was also a known opposition face in the assembly from 2004 to 2014Talking about the last weeks violence in his hometown Nagpur he mentioned that 107 accused have been arrestedOn the law and order situation Fadnavis who heads the home department said some 10000 undertrial prisoners were released to avoid congestion in prisons during the coronavirus pandemicIn Pune alone 269 undertrial prisoners were released out of which 72 never returned to jail Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis revealed He noted that many of these individuals are accused of various crimes with some even joining local gangsHighlighting his governmentrsquos tough stance on crime Fadnavis stated that between 2022 and 2024 around 600 people were booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act MCOCAHe also compared the statersquos conviction rate pointing out that it was just 937 between 2009 and 2014 but has now risen to 50 per cent He expressed confidence that it would further improve with the introduction of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita which has replaced the Indian Penal CodeRegarding the death of Dalit law student Somnath Suryavanshi who was arrested in connection with the Parbhani violence over the alleged desecration of a Constitution replica in December Fadnavis stated that the viscera and autopsy reports presented conflicting findingsThe autopsy report stated that Suryavanshi may have died due to shock from multiple injuries but the viscera report did not record such a finding he saidIf the Justice Achaliya Committee which is conducting an inquiry found that Suryavanshi died because of police beating then we will ignore the viscera report Fadnavis said reported PTIFour police personnel have been suspended and if the panel found them guilty they will be booked for homicide the CM addedOn the brutal murder of Santosh Deshmukh sarpanch of Massajog village in Beed district he said modern technology was used to probe the case The culprits will get the strictest punishment he stated reported PTIWith inputs from PTI