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Maharashtra BJP Leader’s Crematorium Threat Sparks Political Row
Shailaja More is a local politician in Maharashtra.
She became angry about the poor condition of crematoriums in Pimpri-Chinchwad.
She said the facilities lacked water, lights and workers.
During a municipal meeting, she allegedly threatened to burn a contractor alive.
The threat caused a political argument.
Opposition leaders criticized her words.
Some people from her own party also criticized the remark.
Her son said she was carried away and used the wrong words because she was upset about the crematoriums.
BJP corporator Shailaja More allegedly threatened to “burn alive” a contractor.
More made the remark during a Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation meeting on Wednesday.
She was protesting the poor upkeep of crematoriums in Nigdi and other areas.
More cited shortages of water, lighting and manpower at the facilities.
Opposition leaders and some of More’s party colleagues criticized the remark, while her son said she used the wrong words in anger.
- Who
- BJP corporator and former deputy mayor Shailaja More, a contractor, and her critics.
- What
- More allegedly threatened to “burn alive” a contractor over the poor upkeep of crematoriums.
- Where
- At a Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation general body meeting, concerning crematoriums in Nigdi and other parts of Pimpri-Chinchwad.
- When
- The remark was made on Wednesday; More said she had written about the problems five months earlier.
- Why
- More said the crematoriums were poorly maintained, lacking water, lights and manpower, and that earlier complaints had not led to action.
Critics
More’s Defense
Threatening language
Critics
Opposition leaders and some of More’s own party colleagues criticized her alleged threat to burn the contractor alive.
More’s Defense
More’s son, Anoop, said she became carried away and used the wrong words while expressing her anger.
Condition of crematoriums
Critics
Critics focused on the threat and treated the remark as unacceptable.
More’s Defense
More said the poor condition of the crematoriums justified her anger, citing a lack of water, lights and manpower and the absence of action after her earlier complaint.
Key facts
- Politician
- Shailaja More, a BJP corporator and former deputy mayor
- Location
- Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra
- Controversial remark
- More allegedly threatened to “burn alive” a contractor
- Facilities involved
- Crematoriums in Nigdi and other areas
- Reported problems
- Insufficient water, lighting and manpower
- Earlier complaint
- More said she wrote to the mayor and PCMC commissioner five months earlier
- Response
- Opposition leaders and some party colleagues criticized the remark
Quotes
Shailaja More
BJP corporator and former deputy mayor of Pimpri-Chinchwad
“The crematoriums have been ill-maintained. Due to a lack of water, lights, or manpower, the crematoriums suffer from all kinds of problems. I wrote to the mayor and the PCMC commissioner regarding the poor state of the electric crematorium in Nigdi five months ago. But no steps have been taken to set them right.”
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“got carried away and used wrong words”
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