Mumbai: Ravindra Chavan, a BJP legislator from Dombivali, while speaking of the work being done by the Modi government for the upliftment of Dalits, equated it with cleaning up a pig from a drain.
A video of Mr Chavan narrating the story - in which Abraham Lincoln picks up a piglet from a drain and cleans it up - at an event in Thane has gone viral.
"Similarly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis too were working hard to uplift Dalits," Mr Chavan said.
The analogy sparked protest and Thane district unit of the NCP organised a "naming ceremony" of a pig and named it after Mr Chavan.
Mr Chavan has claimed that the video is not authentic. "The cassette (video recording) of my speech which is being circulated is edited and not the original uncut one. My statement has been distorted".
NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said the BJP legislator should tender an apology for the "appalling analogy".
A video of Mr Chavan narrating the story - in which Abraham Lincoln picks up a piglet from a drain and cleans it up - at an event in Thane has gone viral.
"Similarly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis too were working hard to uplift Dalits," Mr Chavan said.
Mr Chavan has claimed that the video is not authentic. "The cassette (video recording) of my speech which is being circulated is edited and not the original uncut one. My statement has been distorted".
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