The ink attack on Chandrakant Patil came little later when he came out of a party worker’s residence from where he headed for a community function organised in memory of Swami Mahasadhu Morya.
Nagpur: As a precautionary measure undertaken on the heels of an ink attack on State Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil near Pune, the Maharashtra Legislature secretariat on Monday prohibited the legislators, journalists and others from carrying “fountain ink pens” inside the Vidhan Bhavan premises in Nagpur.
On the first day of the winter session of the State Legislature, the security personnel checked the legislators and other visitors at the entrance if they were carrying “fountain ink pens” to ensure that such writing tools were not taken inside the Vidhan Bhavan premises.
Sources confirmed that the Legislature secretariat had imposed a ban on the people carrying “fountain ink pens” inside the Vidhan Bhavan premises to prevent a possible fresh “ink attack” on Chandrakant Patil or any other minister during the ongoing winter session of the State Legislature.
Earlier last week, Patil faced a backlash over his controversial statements on Dr Balasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Phule, as a protester sprayed ink on his face in Pune’s satellite town of Chinchwad.
A day after the minister stirred up a hornet’s nest through his remark that late Ambedkar and Phule “begged” money from people to set up schools, scores of students owing allegiance to the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) tried to block the convoy of his cars and staged a black flag demonstration while he was on his way to attend a community function.
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The ink attack on Chandrakant Patil came little later when he came out of a party worker’s residence from where he headed for a community function organised in memory of Swami Mahasadhu Morya.
Soon after he sprayed ink on the minister’s face, the police booked him. The identity of the person who indulged in the ink attack on the minister was not immediately known.
The incident had led to suspension of several police personnel, while the police had registered an offence against two persons, including a local journalist for his news coverage of the episode. The two persons had been booked and were released later.
After the ink attack, the Maharashtra cabinet minister Chandrakant Patil on Saturday attended a public event wearing a face shield in the Pimpri-Chinchwad area. Amid threats of another ink attack, the minister wore the face shield as a precautionary measure.
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