Overview

• Video from Dombivli on Tuesday shows BJP workers surrounding Prakash “Mama” Pagare and forcefully draping him in a saree on a busy street near Manpada Road.
• Pagare had posted an edited clip on Monday depicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a saree with the caption “Sorry girls, I too want to stay in trend,” set to a popular Marathi song.
• Kalyan district BJP chief Nandu Parab led the action and later defended it, saying the party would respond strongly to attempts to malign senior leaders.
• Reports name mandal president Karan Jadhav and functionaries including Sandeep Mali and Datta Malekar among those who confronted Pagare.
• The Congress condemned the incident as an attack on free expression, with Kalyan district president Sachin Pote urging police action against those involved.