Narayan Rane arrested over slap remark gets bail

Wednesday, 25 August 2021Newsdesk

A court has granted bail to an Indian federal minister, Narayan Rane, who was arrested over his remark about slapping Maharashtra state's chief minister.

New Delhi, 25 August 2021

As per news report of BBC, Narayan Rane reportedly said that Uddhav Thackeray forgot the year of India's independence and had to ask an aide during his speech on 15 August. "Had I been there, I would have given him a slap," he told a rally on Monday. His comments sparked protests in Maharashtra that were led by Mr Thackeray's Shiv Sena party. Mr Rane and other members from the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the cases against him were borne out of political malice. His arrest follows clashes between the members of BJP and Shiv Sena party.

Source -BBC