NCP leader Jayant Patil slams BJP for granting permissions to build Yakub Memon'

Amid the ongoing controversy around the beautification of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memons grave in the Bada Qabrastan of Mumbai Nationalist Congress Party leader Jayant Patil on Friday jibed at the Bharatiya Janata Party and said that the permissions to build the grave were granted during BJPs ruleIts important to see during whose tenure permission was granted to build his grave His grave was built when BJP was in power at the Centre and also in Maharashtra They BJP are responsible for it said NCP State President Jayant PatilHis remarks came after a matter of the beautification of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memons grave in the Bada Qabrastan of Mumbai came to the fore on September 8Also read Yakub Memon grave beautification CM Eknath Shinde assures strict actionEarlier Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said that 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon is an accused in the Bombay Blast and cannot be glorified after the row pertaining to the latters grave beautification emergedWhile talking to the media persons in Mumbai Maharashtra Memon said Yakub Memon is an accused in Bombay Blast cannot be glorified We wont accept this or let it happen I have informed BMC and Mumbai Police about it the Home Ministry will take appropriate actionEarlier on Thursday Shinde assured strict action concerning the beautification of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memons grave in the Bada Qabrastan of MumbaiThe Chief Minister had said that an investigation has been initiated after the order of an inquiry into the matterAn inquiry has been ordered The investigation has also been started Strict actions will be taken against the persons responsible Shinde had saidMeanwhile according to the sources in the DCM office the Mumbai Police has been directed to do a proper inquiry into the matter and also submit a reportAfter the lighting arrangements at Yakub Memons grave were removed from Bada Qabrastan Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Ram Kadam asked if this was former state Chief Minister Uddhav Thackerays patriotism to convert the grave of a terrorist into a MazarThe grave of terrorist Yakub Memon who executed the 1993 Bombay bombings at Pakistans behest was converted into a Mazar when Uddhav Thackeray was the CM Is this his love for Mumbai patriotism said BJP MLA Ram Kadam seeking Thackerays apology in the matterHe had also sought an apology from NCPs Sharad Pawar Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and former Chief Minister Uddhav ThackerayMemon was the lone convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case who was sent to the gallowsOn March 12 1993 Mumbai then Bombay was rocked by a series of bomb blasts which killed 257 persons injured more than 700 persons and destroyed property worth approximately Rs 27 crore The case was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI on the request of the state governmentA number of accused persons were convicted in the case including Mustafa Dossa and Abu Salem on June 16 2017 Wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim allegedly planned the attacksThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever