NCP MLA’s remark on Lord Rama kicks up row
Shirdi (Maharashtra), January 4
Jitendra Awhad, an MLA of the Sharad Pawar-led NCP and former Maharashtra minister, has kicked up a row by stating that Lord Rama was a “non-vegetarian” who hunted animals.
As the claim led to a BJP MLA as well as the rival faction of the NCP led by Ajit Pawar to demand registration of a criminal case against him, Awhad said he had not said anything without studying the matter, yet he was expressing regret if he had hurt anybody’s sentiments. Speaking at a party conclave at Shirdi in western Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district on Wednesday, Awhad said Lord Rama belonged to “bahujans”.
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