Mumbai: An online campaign #JawabDo (give answers) is questioning Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and the law-enforcement agencies about the slow pace of investigation into the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar four years ago in Pune.
The campaign initiated by the social media team of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti (MANS) raises one pertinent question every day.
Images associated with different quotes, strictly in accordance with the case and judicial system, are being shared on social media tools, asking online users to join the campaign. The slain rationalist was the founder of the MANS.
“We want to question on the negligent behaviour of the government; we want to harness the growing force for social transformation,” said Mukta Dabholkar, daughter of Dr. Dabholkar.
The campaign is also spreading to Karnataka in Kannada and English where Prof. M.M. Kalburgi was killed and investigation agencies are yet to find the culprits. Similar campaign is being spread to Kerala in Malayalam, while members of the Tarksheel Society in Punjab are doing it in Hindi and Gurmukhi.
The online initiative is part of a month-long ‘Hinsa ke khilaf, manvata ki aur’ (against violence, towards humanity) campaign. “The message must be spread to as many people as possible and the social media is an effective tool to do this. A large number of youngsters use social media and they are sympathetic with our movement,” said Vinayak Hogade from Kolhapur, a member of MANS’ social media team.
“We want justice to Dr. Dabholkar, Mr. Pansare and Mr. Kalburgi by taking this case to a logical conclusion. The investigation must speed up as the Dabholkar murder will complete four years on August 20. Our job is to raise questions and we will continue to do that,” said Ms. Dabholkar.