Out of 26 FIRs registered by Thane police in Maharashtra against opposition party members since Eknath Shinde came to power, 21 are in connection with social media posts which appear to criticise the new chief minister, Indian Express has reported. https://thewire.in/government/eknath-shinde-maharashtra-thane-police
The Indian Express report notes that aside from Mungase, the 25 other Thane FIRs are all against members of the Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction, Nationalist Congress Party or Congress.
Most of these include the section 153 (A) of the Indian Penal Code which accuses an individual of promoting enmity between different groups.
24/04/2023