"Shows Mentality": Shaina NC On Sanjay Raut Defending Derogatory Remark
NDTV
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Arvind Sawant, whose comment triggered the controversy, has apologised.
Hitting out at the opposition in Maharashtra after Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Arvind Sawant made a derogatory remark against her, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) leader Shaina NC has said while the MP has apologised, another leader from the party, Sanjay Raut has justified the statement, revealing his "mentality".
A day after a case was registered against Mr Sawant on the complaint of Shaina NC, who is the Shiv Sena candidate from South Mumbai's Mumbadevi Assembly constituency, the MP apologised for the remark, saying it had been distorted. Speaking on the same day, Sanjay Raut, who is also a Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader and a member of the Rajya Sabha, defended the statement, claiming the candidate from Mumbadevi had come from outside and was thus 'imported'. He also pointed out that Shaina NC had switched from the BJP to the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena.
Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Shaina NC said, "Arvind Sawant called me 'imported maal (goods)' and the Mumbadevi MLA, Amin Patel, was smiling. Would Amin Patel have made this remark for his sister or wife? I want to ask the Uddhav Sena about Sanjay Raut's statement that there is no need to apologise because I am imported. My family has been working in South Mumbai for three generations, I have also shown proof that I campaigned for Arvind Sawant between 2014 and 2019. I was your 'Ladki Bahin' then and have become 'imported maal' now?"
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