A spat erupted between Congress and Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) employees after a Maharashtra Congress member morphed a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, depicting him in a saree. The BJP additionally alleged that the picture was shared with a tune that they claimed was derogatory.
In retaliation, the BJP summoned the Congress employee, recognized as Prakash “Mama” Pagare and made him put on a saree.
Prakash Pagare initially protested on seeing the saree as he requested “what are you doing?” however ultimately gave in as two BJP employees held his fingers whereas two others draped it round him.
They completed it by chanting, “Bharatiya Janata Celebration ki Jai.” One in all them then was seen patting his cheek earlier than the group disperses.
Mandal president Karan Jadhav and another celebration functionaries have been additionally current through the incident.
The protest was led by Nandu Parab, BJP’s Kalyan district president, who argued that the morphed picture of PM Modi was “distasteful and offensive”.
He mentioned, “Posting such a distasteful picture of our Prime Minister isn’t solely offensive but additionally unacceptable. If such makes an attempt are made once more to defame our leaders, the BJP will give an excellent stronger reply.”
The Congress has strongly criticised the actions of the BJP employees, saying it was an assault on freedom of expression.
Kalyan Congress President Sachin Pote informed Instances of India that the BJP may have lodged a police criticism in opposition to Prakash Pagare as a substitute of deceptive him.
“Pagare is a 73-year-old senior celebration employee. If he had posted one thing objectionable, BJP members ought to have lodged a criticism with the police as a substitute of deceptive him after which forcibly making him put on a sari.”
