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Amid the recent clashes between two communities in Thane’s Mira Road, a video of Mira-Bhayandar MLA Geeta Bharat Jain has gone viral on social media in which she claims five minutes of freehand would be good enough to express Hindu community’s power considering its bigger population in the area. Geeta Bharat Jain was speaking to news agency ANI about alleged barricades being put up by Muslims in Naya Nagar area after the clashes and were asking the Hindus to show their Aadhaar card before entering the area.
Geeta Jain said that they have approached the police commissioner in Mira Road and discussed about the tense situation it the area and attacks on Hindu people participating in Ram temple Shobha Yatra.
“If a simple family is celebrating their festival and women are carrying flags of their religion then no one can stop them as it is their right and if someone stops them from bursting firecrackers and push them, spit on them and vomit on them and also thrash them, saying ‘Will Your Ram come to save you?’ and also force them to say Allah Hu Akbar. This is like taking away their freedom,” she said.
Strongly opposing the restriction of movement in Naya Nagar, area having a significant Muslim population, she said Muslims have put up barricades in the areas and are asking for Aadhaar cards to anyone who is entering the area. She threatened of action if those barricades were not removed and also said that they will visit the area and see to whom it belongs after that. She further claimed that the commissioner has given orders to remove any such barricade that has been put up in Naya Nagar.
She also said, “We are tolerant and not cowards.” On asking that the Muslims are asking for 10-15 minutes (freehand), she claimed that yes, such videos are coming to the fore and said, “We are greater in numbers, if they need 10-15 minutes, we only need 5 minutes which will be good enough for them.”
Reports of fresh violence on Tuesday night also emerged from the area despite heavy police presence. The situation is said to be still tense in Mira Road and regions surrounding it with Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar police issuing an order on Wednesday asking all group administrators to take note that no forwards, jokes or videos related to clashes should be forwarded on social media to maintain communal harmony.
BJP leader Nitesh Rane also held a press conference on Tuesday with Geeta Jain by his side, and also reiterated the same thing. He also threatened that the bulldozer action will be taken soon and if the authorities did not take action, then he will personally take the bulldozer and raze the area completely. He also said that Naya Nagar is not Pakistan and the Jihadis will be taken care of soon.
The clashes erupted between the two communities on Monday, January 22, when the devotees were celebrating the Pran Pratishtha ceremony in Mira Road, and the people from the other community started pelting stones at the rally. Bulldozer action was taken in Mira Road against the illegal constructions in the area. Police also took action in the matter and have arrested many people in connection with the case.
