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Mob rally to protest Chavan remark
A mob of nearly 40 manhandled former Congress corporator and member of Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad working committee Satish Desai and Purushottam Kale.
According to the Vishrambaug police, the incident took place during the protest rally of Congress-party activists at the MSP office on Tilak road in the afternoon.
It may be noted that Koutikrao Thale-Patil, president of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal - the apex Marathi literary body, strongly criticised late Chavan for "leaving the job of Samyukta (combined) Maharashtra incomplete, which resulted in Maharashtra getting fragmented areas, with some parts going to Gujarat and Karnataka".
The criticism evoked intense reactions in Sangli as well, prompting Thale-Patil to tender an apology on Sunday.
In the incident at the MSP's Pune office, the mob tried to blacken the faces of Desai and Kale. Though Desai did not register a complaint with the police, the Vishrambaug police station registered a case against the activists for burning an effigy of Thale-Patil.
The mob also raised slogans, and Desai intervened as the protestors tried to burn Thale-Patil's effigy. He assured that a statement condemning Thale-Patil's remarks was being issued by the MSP. However, the mob refused to be mollified and manhandled both of them.
"The manhandling incident was unexpected. The Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad has already condemned the statement made by Thale-Patil, and does not have any connection with his statements. The incidence took place when both of us tried to prevent the mob from agitating," Desai told TOI.
Congress leader Sanjay Balgude said, "We strongly protest against the statements made by Thale-Patil about former deputy prime minister Yashawantrao Chavan."
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