Video: Ink Thrown At Maharashtra Minister Over Comment On Dalit Icons
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Ink was thrown at Chandrakant Patil in Pimpri city on Saturday in an apparent protest against his controversial remark.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said Maharashtra Minister and BJP leader Chandrakant Patil, on whom a man threw ink yesterday for allegedly 'insulting' Dalit icons BR Ambedkar and Jyotirao Phule, was misunderstood. #WATCH | Ink thrown at Maharashtra cabinet minister Chandrakant Patil in Pimpri Chinchwad city of Pune district, over his remark on Dr BR Ambedkar and Mahatma Jyotiba Phule. pic.twitter.com/FBRvRf2K4g
Speaking in Marathi at an event in Aurangabad on Friday, Patil, who is the Higher and Technical Education Minister, had said that Ambedkar and Phule did not seek government grants for educational institutions, they "begged" to people to gather funds for starting schools and colleges. The use of the word "begged" stirred up a controversy.
Ink was thrown at Mr Patil in Pimpri city on Saturday in an apparent protest against his controversial remark.
