Baba Siddique’s murder points to law and order issue in Maharashtra: Tejashwi Yadav
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Baba Siddique murder: Tejashwi Yadav questions law and order in Maharashtra after the killing of NCP leader Baba Siddique in Mumbai.
The Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly and former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday raised questions over the law and order situation in Maharashtra while expressing shock over the killing of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-Ajit Pawar fraction) leader Baba Siddique in Mumbai. Mr. Yadav said the incident proved law and order was crumbling in Maharashtra, where “people are not safe”.
Siddique’s ancestral home is in Bihar’s Gopalganj district. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad also hails from Gopalganj. Mr. Tejashwi Yadav stressed that he knew the late Siddique personally, and he and his father had met him several times, both in Bihar and Mumbai.
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Siddique was shot dead by three men outside his son Zeeshan Siddique’s office in Bandra, Mumbai.
“It is a very sad incident, the way he was killed. Baba Siddique belongs to our district, Gopalganj. He was native of Bihar. A few days ago, when I went to Mumbai, I met him over there. It is really shocking. Mumbai is a big city and if the incident can happen in a locality like Bandra, it means no one is safe. The morale of the killers is high. The State government should look into this matter seriously,” Mr. Yadav said, speaking to reporters at Patna airport.
Mr. Yadav had posted a message on social media platform X on Saturday night, attacking the Maharashtra government. “The news of the murder of senior Maharashtra leader Baba Siddique is extremely sad. I pray to God to give the departed a high place in heaven and give patience and courage to the family. What name will you give to such criminal incidents that are continuously happening in Maharashtra under the NDA [National Democratic Alliance] rule?” Mr. Yadav said.
Siddique’s ancestral home is located at Sheikh Toli village under Manjha block of Gopalganj. In 2008, Siddique visited his ancestral village for the first time in 30 years. He founded a charitable trust in Bihar in the name of his father, Abdul Rahim Siddique. Children from underprivileged families were provided free coaching for competitive exams.
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