NCP women in Karjat hit Ramdas Kadam's effigy with slippers over remarks on Tatkare

Women workers of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Karjat took out a protest march against Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam. During the march they struck an effigy of Kadam with slippers. The women also warned that Kadam's face would be blackened if he was seen in front of them.

The protest was over a statement Kadam made about NCP state president and MP Sunil Tatkare. Kadam had held Tatkare responsible for the untimely death of the late Deputy Chief Minister of the state, Ajit Pawar. He had said Tatkare had got Pawar's accident arranged. Kadam had also voiced a suspicion that Tatkare might have a hand in some conspiracy behind Pawar's death in the accident.

MP Sunil Tatkare had then said that Ramdas Kadam should be admitted to a mental hospital. Kadam's statement is being sharply criticised across the state. The Karjat march was taken out by the NCP in this context.

The march was led by district women's president Ashwini Patil. Karjat Panchayat Samiti chairperson Namita Ghare, Karjat Nagar Parishad president Pushpa Dagade and Karjat women's president Adv. Ranjana Dhule were among the many women who took part. The march started from the NCP party office and stopped at Shriram Bridge, where Kadam was protested against.

NCP women in the Karjat-Khalapur Assembly constituency were deeply angry over Kadam's statement. A large number of women office-bearers and workers took to the road and staged a sit-in near Shriram Bridge. They condemned Kadam's statement in strong terms.

There was loud sloganeering during the agitation. The women workers expressed their anger by hitting Kadam's effigy with shoes and slippers. Women's office-bearer Ranjana Dhule said that if Kadam was seen in front of them, his face would be blackened before he was let go. She delivered the warning in a stern tone.