Within a week after the official announcement of alliance between Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), led by Prakash
The Mumbai Press Club has released a statement condemning Chandrakant Patil's words and said Govind Wakade was "merely doing his duty" when he recorded Patil being subjected to an ink attack. It said Wakade was only released after collective clamour.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Maharashtra minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Chandrakant Patil on Sunday said ink was thrown on him as part of a planned attack and claimed his statement on social reformers Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Phule was "distorted" by some people. India News | Statement on Ambedkar-Phule: Ink Attack Pre-planned, Says Patil; Blames Scribe.
The ink-throwing incident occurred at Pimpri Chichwad here on Saturday in an apparent protest against Patil's statement that Ambedkar and Phule did not seek government grants for running educational institutions.