Nagpur: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said that the Central government took the correct decision to handover the Bhima-Koregaon case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as this will expose the urban Naxals.
"It is the correct decision because this case isn't confined to Maharashtra, we see it is spread all over the country. The Central government has taken the right step, this will expose the urban Naxals," Fadnavis told media.
"When the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was in power, UPA minister had given a statement in the Lok Sabha that these are urban Naxal organisations but today they are trying to protect these people. This is extremely wrong," he added.
The BJP leader further asserted that in the Bhima-Koregaon case, any matter that has come up in the context of urban Naxals has gone before the Supreme Court.
"Chargesheets have been filed according to the orders given by the Supreme Court from time to time. Despite this, these types of statements are being made deliberately," he added.
However, Congress leader Sachin Sawant on Friday stated that sudden taking over of Bhima- Koregaon case by the NIA clearly substantiates conspiracy of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).