Case Against BJP's Jiten Gajaria For Objectionable Tweet On Rashmi Thackeray

A case was registered against Jiten Gajaria who is reportedly from BJP social media cell for allegedly posting objectionable content against Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray's wife Rashmi Thackeray and NCP chief Sharad Pawar. Pune police is on the way to Mumbai to arrest him, ANI reported.

 A controversy erupted after Gajaria's tweet on January 4 which called Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's wife as "Marathi Rabri Devi". Rabri Devi is the former chief minister of Bihar and wife of politician Lalu Prasad Yadav. The comment comes at a time when Chief Minister of Maharashtra is dealing with a spinal problem which has left him indisposed for last couple of months.

Gajaria, is reportedly a part of the BJP's social media cell. He was summoned by the Crime Branch CID-Cyber Cell for the aforementioned tweet which has caused a storm in Maharashtra’s political circles.

The Mumbai resident, Gajaria has close to 20,000 followers on Twitter. He had posted a photo of Rashmi Thackeray along with the derogatory comment. The comment implied that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's wife would take over as the CM like Rabri Devi. Devi took over the position in Bihar when her husband Lalu Prasad Yadav was forced to resign amid the fodder scam. Gajaria reportedly hosted a Twitter poll on the topic. After the uproar the tweet was deleted.

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Gajaria’s lawyer claimed he was called in for questioning by the cyber police. However he did not reveal the nature of the complaint lodged with the police.

Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar also commented on the row saying, "What could be the reason for dragging Rashmi Bhabhi, whom we know as Balasaheb Thackeray's daughter-in-law, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's wife and Aditya Thackeray's mother."

Rashmi Thackrey, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's wife,  is a graduate with a BCom degree from Mumbai’s VG Vaze College. She is the daughter of a businessman from the Dombivli suburb and work with the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) as a contractual employee.