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NCP chief Sharad Pawar told the Koregaon Bhima inquiry commission that Left wing is an ideology, while persons belonging to the right wing take advantage of the fault lines relating to religion and caste and spread hatred among different sections of the society.
Pawar recorded his testimony before the commission here in connection with the January 2018 violence at the Koregaon Bhima war memorial in Pune district of Maharashtra.
The panel had directed him to appear before it on May 5 and 6 to record his statement.
His deposition completed on Thursday.
When commission’s lawyer Ashish Satpute asked Pawar about his concept of the right wing and the left wing ideologies, he said, “By right wing, I mean persons who take advantage of the fault lines relating to religion and caste in the society, spread hatred among different sections. Left wing is an ideology.”
When asked about the Bhima Koregaon incident, Pawar said he came to know about it through media.
“After the constitution of the commission of inquiry, I received a notice from the commission requesting me to give my suggestions in the matter in accordance with the terms of reference, and accordingly I have filed my affidavit before it, which contains all necessary information available with me,” he said.
Pawar told the commission that he doesn’t know right-wing leaders Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote personally and had only read about them in media.
When asked whether he gave any media statement that police’s probe in the Elgar Parishad case is a stigma on the police department, Pawar said, “It is not correct.”
