Narayan Rane's arrest violative of constitutional values, says BJP president JP Nadda

JP Nadda. File Pic/AFP

Slamming the Maharashtra government for the arrest of Union minister Narayan Rane, BJP president JP Nadda said it was violative of constitutional values, and his party will not be cowed down by such actions.

In a tweet, Nadda said the "huge" response the BJP has received in its 'Jan Aashirvad Yatra' has jolted its rivals. "We fight democratically. The yatra will continue," he said.

Rane was arrested over his remarks about slapping Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for what he claimed was the latter's ignorance of the year of India's independence. Rane was taken into custody by police in the coastal Ratnagiri district, where he is travelling as part of the Jan Ashirvad Yatra.

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