AICC Secretary Sanjay Nirupam, a former MP from Mumbai North, also hit out at the central government over reports that Home Ministry does not seem to be satisfied with the report sent by the state government on action taken by it in the techie killing case.
"It is a leaked report. We cannot say with authority what is written in the report as we have not seen it. Instead of leaking reports, the central government should act," he said.
"Assembly elections are going to take place in the state this year and the incident (of killing of techie) has happened in Pune. In the same manner, BJP had fanned communal tension in Uttar Pradesh before the Lok Sabha polls after some incidents in Muzaffarnagar.
"This is BJP's style of functioning. Wherever they have to fight elections, such communal sentiments are fanned. We apprehend that BJP or its supporters fomented trouble in Muzaffarnagar, they are going to orchestrate same thing here," he said.
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