'Game plan for Prez rule; riots in Hanuman's name'

There's a game plan to impose President's rule in Maharashtra by citing a law-and-order situation if riots break out in the name of Lord Hanuman and MNS chief Raj Thackeray is running BJP's agenda, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said in his weekly column 'Rokthok' in the party's mouthpiece, Saamna, on Sunday.

- Chaitanya Marpakwar

Claiming that the controversy over loudspeakers at mosques and the threat of playing Hanuman Chalisa outside mosques was part of the preparations for Mumbai and Thane civic body polls, Raut, in his column, said the country is being pushed into instability and tension by creating violence in the name of Lord Ram.