Watch: NCP workers barge into Maha Cong office over 'gungi gudiya' jab at dy CM
On Tuesday, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) workers disrupted a press conference hosted by Maharashtra Congress president Harshvardhan Sapkal, following the opposition party's use of the term "gungi dudiya" (mute doll) to describe NCP president and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar. Visual footage from PTI showed NCP supporters, led by Suraj Chavan, entering Gandhi Bhavan, the Congress headquarters in Mumbai, during the event and shouting for Sapkal to apologize.
Maharashtra Congress condemned the incident, accusing NCP of attempting to spread terror and raising questions about Chavan's motives and the party's leadership. Deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar, a guardian minister for Beed district where a criminal case is ongoing, was the target of the derogatory remark. The NCP then drew parallels to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who was also called a "gungi gudiya" (mute doll) by senior Congress leaders.
NCP spokesperson Umesh Patil questioned whether the Congress was indirectly admitting that the criticism of Indira Gandhi was justified.
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