New Delhi:
Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh has said that he received a call from an unidentified number that there is a threat to Abu Azmi's life following the remarks he made against Bal Thackeray.
According to Singh, the caller said that after his remarks against Thackeray, Azmi should watch his step... if something happens to Azmi, the Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan will be responsible.
"Two hours back I got a call from an unidentified number. The caller said there is a threat to Abu Azmi's life because of the words he used against Bal Thackeray. The caller also said Azmi will be attacked when he leaves for the assembly session in the morning," Singh informed.
He said Azmi would reach the assembly with 5000 workers as shield.
On Monday, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) MLAs had attacked Azmi for taking oath in Hindi.
However, a day after the ruckus in the Maharashtra Assembly, Raj Thackeray's men said on Tuesday that they were ready to apologise to the House for their unruly behaviour.
But they said they won't apologise to Abu Azmi.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is gearing up for the elections to the post of Speaker today.
NCP leader and former Finance Minister Dilip Walse-Patil is the nominee of the ruling Congress-NCP combine while BJP Legislator Girish Bapat is the candidate of the Sena-BJP.
While Congress has 82 MLAs and NCP 62 in the 288-member House, Shiv Sena has 44 and BJP 46 MLAs.