‘Uddhav asked me not to take his son’s name in press': BJP MP Narayan Rane on Disha Salian death

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Narayan Rane on Saturday claimed that Uddhav Thackeray asked him not to mention his son Aaditya's name in the press in connection with the death of Disha Salian in 2020.

Because he has yet to receive justice, Disha Salian's father had to appear before the High Court. Her father went to the High Court because he believed the police would not provide him with justice. Uddhav Thackeray's PA, who is now probably an MLA, called me. I was also going home at that time, and he (PA) said that Uddhav Thackeray wanted to talk to me... He (PA) asked will you talk? I asked where he was (Uddhav Thackeray) and to give him the phone,” ANI quoted Rane as saying at a presser.

"When he was chief minister, Uddhav Thackeray called me twice during the COVID pandemic and requested me not to drag his son in the Disha Salian case," PTI quoted Rane as saying. The former Union minister further claimed he told Thackeray that he had not named anybody and only referred to a minister in his press conference.