Narayan Rane's ‘slap Uddhav’ remark: BJP, Shiv Sena workers clash in Mumbai

A clash erupted between BJP and Shiv Sena party workers on Tuesday over Narayan Rane's ‘slap Uddhav’ remark. BJP workers gathered outside Rane's residence on Juhu Tara Road in Santacruz (West) in support of their party leader. Shiv Sena workers, including women, carrying placards and shouting slogans against Rane, also assembled outside an office of the Yuva Sena (the party's youth wing), located near Juhu. According to reports, a posse of police personnel, including women cops, were deployed outside Rane's residence to prevent any untoward incident. (Photos/Bipin Kokate, Pradeep Dhivar, Shadab Khan, Sameer Markande)  

Updated On: 2021-08-24 02:52 PM IST

Shiv Sena party workers manhandle Narayan Rane’s effigy over his remarks against Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray at Opera house in South Mumbai. Pic/Bipin Kokate

Shiv Sena and BJP party workers clash outside Union Minister Narayan Rane’s house at Juhu in Mumbai. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

 

The situation outside Union Minister Narayan Rane's Juhu residence in Mumbai turned tense after Shiv Sena and BJP workers clashed over the BJP leader's remarks. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

Cops lathicharge BJP and Shiv Sena party workers outside Narayan Rane's residence in Juhu. Pic/ Pradeep Dhivar

Women Shiv Sena activists were seen shouting slogans against Union Minister Narayan Rane over his remark against Uddhav Thackeray. Pic/Sameer Markande

Shiv Sena activists protest outside Union Minister Narayan Rane's residence at Juhu in Mumbai. Pic/Sameer Markande

Narayan Rane had sparked off a row over his remarks about slapping Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for what he claimed as the latter's ignorance of the year of India's independence. Pic/Bipin Kokate

 

Shiv Sena activists have lodged at least three police complaints against Narayan Rane in Nashik, Raigad and Pune, seeking his arrest and prosecution for his purported remarks. Pic/Bipin Kokate

Mumbai Police resorted to mild caning against protesters at Juhu as thousands of Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party workers staged protests in Mumbai. Pic/Sameer Markande

Police try to allay the situation as Shiv Sena workers protest outside Narayan Rane's residence. Pic/Sameer Markande

A posse of police personnel, including women cops, were deployed outside Rane's residence to prevent any untoward incident. Pic/Shadab Khan

A posse of police personnel, including women cops, were deployed outside Rane's residence to prevent any untoward incident

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