Threats to political leaders will not be tolerated: Fadnavis

Press Trust of India

Mumbai

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said that threats to political leaders will not be tolerated.

He had asked police to take action with regard to the death threat received by NCP president Sharad Pawar and police will take appropriate steps, said Fadnavis who also holds the home portfolio.

"Threatening political leaders and crossing limits of decency on social media will not be tolerated," he told reporters here.

There are political differences but there is no place for hostility in Maharashtra's political culture, he added. NCP leaders claimed earlier in the day that Pawar received a message on social media that "he will meet the same fate as (Narendra) Dabholkar soon”.

Dabholkar, an anti-superstition crusader, was shot dead in Pune on Aug 20, 2013. Meanwhile, state Cong chief Nana Patole told reporters in Nagpur that Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut getting death threats was shameful for a state like Maharashtra.