Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad threatened to bury any "Congress dog" who came to his programme in yet another provocative statement.
The huge political row set off by Buldhana legislator's declaration of a "reward" for anyone chopping off Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's tongue had begun to subside. Speaking to reporters on the same day, Gaikwad can be heard in a video stating that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde -- who heads the Shiv Sena -- will attend a program about the government's flagship "Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana" for women in his district.
"If any Congress dog tries to enter my program, I will bury them then and there, Gawkwad is heard saying.
The MLA earlier had announced a Rs 11 lakh reward to whoever "chops off" Rahul Gandhi's tongue for his remarks on scrapping the reservation system.
"I have made the statement. If I have not apologized, why should the CM do so?.Of 140 crore people in the country, 50 per cent of the population gets reservation. And I am firm on the statement I made about the person who spoke about removing reservation,", said Gaikwad, when asked about the controversy.
The police on Monday night lodged a case against him for the remark about Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha.
Gaikwad is no stranger to controversies. Last month, a video of a policeman washing his car went viral on social media. The MLA later claimed the policeman cleaned it on his own after vomiting inside.
In February, Gaikwad had bragged he had hunted a tiger in 1987 and was wearing its tooth around his neck. The forest department sent the tooth for forensic identification and charged him under the Wildlife Protection Act.
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