Union Minister Narayan Rane arrested over ‘slap Uddhav’ jab, BJP-Sena clash escalates

New Delhi: Union Minister Narayan Rane has reportedly been detained by the Maharashtra Police over his ‘slap Uddhav’ remarks. The police team had lodged an FIR against the top rung leader of BJP for the derogatory remarks and today Nashik Police Commissioner issued orders for immediate arrest of Rane.

As per TV reports, the Union Minister has been formally arrested, hours after he was detained by Maharashtra police.

Maharashtra is on the boil as BJP and Shiv Sena have clashed with each other on Tuesday, over Narayana Rane’s insulting remarks against CM Uddhav Thackeray. Rane’s ‘slap Uddhav’ remark left the latter enraged and infuriated and they have been demanding the arrest of BJP leader.

Maharashtra: Police detained Union Minister and BJP leader Narayan Rane in Ratnagiri

Rane had made remarks against CM Uddhav Thackeray yesterday pic.twitter.com/C3xP843iwV

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Rane’s remarks against Thackeray elicited sharp reactions from Shiv Sena, whose workers put several posters in Mumbai and other areas.

What led to Rane-Uddhav fight ?

Union Minister Narayan Rane sparked off a major controversy on Monday as slammed the Maharashtra chief minister for his alleged ignorance of India’s Independence.

Rane claimed that CM Thackeray forgot the year of India’s independence while addressing the people of state. Rane claimed that Thackeray had to check the year of independence with his partymen midway during the speech that day.

“It is shameful that chief minister does not know the year of independence. He leaned back to enquire about the count of years of independence during his speech. Had I been there, I would have given (him) a tight slap,” Mr Rane said at Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Raigad district on Monday.