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Damage Control: Ajit Pawar Fumes , To Issue Show-Cause Notice To MLA Who Made Ensure Hindu Shopkeepers Profit During Diwali Remark
A video clip of Jagtap has gone viral, purportedly appealing to people ‘to ensure that only Hindus (traders) benefit’ while shopping for Diwali.
Nationalist Congress Party MLA Sangram Jagtap has sparked a row with his remarks appealing to people to ensure only Hindu shopkeepers profit during Diwali, and later justifying his stand by citing the Pahalgam terror attack.
NCP president and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has strongly disapproved of the remarks, saying the party will issue a show-cause notice to Jagtap.
According to mediamreports, A video clip of Jagtap has gone viral, purportedly appealing to people ‘to ensure that only Hindus (traders) benefit’ while shopping for Diwali.
Jagtap defended his remarks, referring to the Pahalgam terror attack.
“People were killed (by terrorists) in Pahalgham after asking their religion. I only said that people should check the religion (of sellers) while shopping for Diwali,” the Ahmednagar MLA said.