Pakistani citizens must leave the country immediately will also be taken against those who give shelter: Eknath Shinde

Mumbai, April 27 (IANS). Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, responded to the order to leave Pakistani citizens on Sunday after the Pahalgam attack Sunday and the disputed statement of Mla Sanjay Gaikwad over Maharashtra police. The Deputy Chief Minister says Pakistani citizens should leave the country immediately. If a Pakistani citizens give shelter, action will also be taken against him. Eknath Shinde spoke to the media and said Pakistani citizens said after the Pahalgam terror attack that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah said that Pakistani citizens should leave the country immediately. We also issued an order to Pakistani citizens to leave the country of Maharashtra. Maharashtra’s chief minister also said, and I also said in my speech that the police would hide 107 Pakistanians anywhere and arrest them from there. He said there is no reason to show pity to Pakistan and Pakistani citizens now. Therefore, Pakistani citizens must leave the country immediately and if they give them no shelter, they will also take action. On the controversial statement by Mla Sanjay Gaikwad on Maharashtra police, Eknath Shinde said that Sanjay Gaikwad had apologized to the police this morning. There must certainly be complaints about any special police officer to the Chief Minister and to me. But we can’t blame the whole police force for this. We can’t blame them. The police force is a symbol of our sacrifice and bravery. We are the ones who respect the police force because they work, regardless of the weather, be it 26/11, Kovid, festival or sunshine, wind, rain. -Ians fz/ share these story tags