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Apology refused, Sapkal defends ‘gungi gudiya’ remark
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BlurbNCP workers staged massive protests across Maharashtra after state Congress chief Harshvardhan Sapkal called Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar a mute doll.
MUMBAIAnger boiled over in Maharashtra as Nationalist Congress Party workers staged loud protests against state Congress chief Harshvardhan Sapkal.
The backlash follows a controversial social media post by the Congress calling Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar a “gungi gudiya” or mute doll.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis accused the grand old party of sinking to new lows just to grab media attention.
Initially, state Congress chief Sapkal defended the comment, comparing it to historical labels once given to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.