Mumbai, April 13 -- In a pointed critique of the BJP-led Mahayuti dispensation in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena (UBT) has alleged that responses to crimes against women are being shaped by political considerations, particularly the religious identity of those accused, rather than by the seriousness of the offences themselves.
Through an editorial in its publication 'Saamana', the party juxtaposed the recent controversy involving a multinational IT firm in Nashik-which has been widely labelled in political debates as a "corporate jihad" case-with earlier incidents in the same district involving self-proclaimed godmen such as Ashok Kharat and Ravindra Erande.
The editorial referred to allegations in the Nashik IT case that certain Muslim emplo...