Shiv Sena questions BJP's silence over D&NH MP’s suicide

Nearly a week after Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar ended his life in Mumbai, the Shiv Sena on Sunday questioned the silence of people who raised a hue and cry after the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Delkar (58), a seven time MP from Dadra & Nagar Haveli died by suicide at Sea Green Hotel at Marine Drive in Mumbai, on 22 February, after writing a 16-page note in which he allegedly blamed several people including the Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Praful Patel, a former Minister of State for Home in Gujarat.

The Congress in Maharashtra has urged state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh of the NCP for a probe into the role of BJP.

Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut, in his weekly column ‘Rokh Thok’ that appeared in Saamana on Sunday, questioned the silence of people over the incident.

“How can there be silence over the mysterious death of a seven-time Lok sabha MP who was found hanging in his hotel room in Mumbai?” he wrote.

Taking a dig at the BJP, Raut said there is sensation when an actor dies by suicide in Mumbai and unauthorised construction of an actress is pulled down.

"Now everyone is silent. Delkar's purported suicide note blamed the administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli for harassment and alleged he was being pressurised to join the BJP," Raut wrote.

Raut, who is the Executive Editor of Sena mouthpiece Saamana, pointed out that Delkar must have thought that the Mumbai Police will act on his suicide note and arrest the guilty.

Saying that he personally knew Delkar for two decades, he said: “Delkar had recently spoken in the Lok Sabha on how MP, MLAs in Union Territories are insulted by the Administrator.”