Overview

• A viral video shows BJP workers holding Prakash ‘Mama’ Pagare on Manpada Road as a pink saree is draped on him, followed by chants of the party’s name.
• BJP Kalyan district chief Nandu Parab led the action and called the morphed image and accompanying song of the prime minister offensive, warning against repeats.
• Congress leaders condemned the act as public humiliation and urged police action, with Kalyan president Sachin Pote calling it an attack on free expression.
• Pagare said he was approached outside an eye hospital under a pretext and plans to pursue a complaint under the SC/ST Atrocities Act, asserting he only forwarded an existing post.
• Tilak Nagar police acknowledged receiving a complaint and said next steps depend on evidence review, as earlier reports noted that no FIR had been registered.