Watch: NCP workers barge into Maha Cong office over 'gungi gudiya' jab at dy CM
NCP workers disrupted a press conference at the Maharashtra Congress office in Mumbai following a derogatory remark made by Congress members against Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar. The incident involved slogans and accusations of hooliganism, highlighting rising political tensions between the two parties.
Why it matters
This incident reflects the volatile political climate in Maharashtra and the increasing use of aggressive tactics in regional political discourse.
NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) workers disrupted a press conference held by Maharashtra Congress president Harshvardhan Sapkal on Tuesday, a day after the opposition party targeted NCP president and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar with the remark "gungi dudiya" (mute doll).A visual shared by news agency PTI showed NCP workers, led by party leader Suraj Chavan, entering Gandhi Bhawan, the Congress office in Mumbai, during the incident. They raised slogans of "Harshvardhan Sapkal maafi maango" (Harshvardhan Sapkal, apologise).Condemning the incident in a post on X, the Maharashtra Congress accused "NCP goons" of "attempting to spread terror.""Who is bringing disrepute to the NCP by harbouring goons in Mumbai and across the state? At whose behest did Suraj Chavan come to create a ruckus at Gandhi Bhavan?
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