Cong seeks arrest of Hindutva activist Sambhaji Bhide for questioning Mahatma Gandhi’s lineage

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that the government will look into the statement made by Bhide before taking any action.

By: Express News Service
Mumbai | Updated: August 2, 2023 17:33 IST

Sambhaji Bhide is a prominent and well-connected Right-wing activist in Maharashtra who has always managed to embroil in controversies due to his speeches and statements. (File Photo)

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The Congress on Friday sought the arrest of Hindutva activist Sambhaji Bhide after he allegedly made a statement questioning the lineage of Mahatma Gandhi.

“In Amaravati, a person called Sambhaji Bhide made a derogatory remark against the Father of the Nation that could spread hatred in the society. This person must be arrested immediately,” former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said in the state Assembly.

Sambhaji Bhide allegedly made the derogatory remarks at an event in Maharashtra’s Amravati recently. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that the government will look into the statement made by Bhide before taking any action.

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Bhide is a prominent right wing activist with a string of controversies to his credit. In his late 80s now, he was an active worker of the RSS before he formed his own Hindu outfit Shri Shivpratishthan Hindusthan in the 1980s. Based in Sangli, he has lakhs of followers in the state as well as in other parts of the country.

In January 2014, Narendra Modi, then chief minister of Gujarat and BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, was a key speaker at an event organised by Bhide’s outfit at the historic Raigad Fort.

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