Union minister granted bail by magistrate in Mahada
Union minister Narayan Rane was arrested today over his remarks against Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, which triggered a political row and protests. Rane had said that he would have slapped Thackeray over the latter’s ignorance of the year of India’s independence. After his arrest, Rane was taken to Mahad in Raigad district where he was likely to be produced before a court. Cases were registered against the BJP leader at Mahad as well as at Nashik and Pune as his remark set off angry protests by workers of the ruling Shiv Sena. Rane was taken into custody at Golwali in Ratnagiri district during his ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’, and was taken to Sangameshwar police station.
