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An MLA of Maharashtra Chief Minister-led Shiv Sena, Sanjay Gaikwad, on Monday sparked yet another controversy after he announced a reward of Rs 11 lakh to anyone who will “chop off the tongue” of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his statements on reservation in the US.
Gaikwad said Rahul Gandhi wants to end reservation for backward tribals and others and hence he is using language of ending it. “When the demands of reservation are rising in Maharashtra and the country, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi made a statement to end reservation in the country. In the Lok Sabha elections, he spread a false narrative to get votes. Today he is speaking the language of ending reservation from the country and has shown the real face of the Congress. This is my challenge whoever chops off Rahul Gandhi’s tongue will be given a reward of Rs 11 lakh on my behalf,” said Gaikwad.
Gaikwad, the Shiv Sena MLA from Buldhana, is not new to controversies. In a video posted on social media in February this year, Gaikwad claimed he had hunted a tiger in 1987 and has been wearing a tooth of the animal around his neck. He was subsequently booked by the forest department, which seized the accessory and booked him under the Wildlife Protection Act.
The Shiv Sena MLA also found himself embroiled in another controversy in March after a video of him assaulting a group of men with a policeman’s baton went viral. Gaikwad admitted to assaulting the man and said he was forced to beat up the men who were being unruly.
Last month, a video of a policeman seen washing Gaikwad’s car surfaced on social media, with many calling it disgraceful.
While on his trip to the US, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said the Congress party will “think of ending reservation when India is a fair place” and that he was not interested in living in a country “where 90 per cent of the people do not have access to opportunity”.
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