Sanjay Raut raises “Aurangzeb grave” issue in Rajya Sabha

NEW DELHI: Raking up the ‘Aurangzeb grave’ issue in the Rajya Sabha, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Friday said that after Manipur, Maharashtra was “burning”, with riots taking place in Nagpur, and accused the Home Ministry of converting the country into a police state in the last few years.

Participating in a discussion on the working of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Raut tore into the government as he alleged that forces attempting to “destabilise” the nation are taking Aurangzeb’s name repeatedly, including ministers in the Maharashtra government and those in senior positions in the central government.

“Nayi laashein bicchane ke liye gade murde ukhaad diye aur woh bhi Aurangzeb ke naam par (In the name of Aurangzeb, you have dug up buried bodies for the sake of laying new dead bodies),” Raut alleged, referring to the late Mughal Emperor’s tomb. PTI