EM Eknath Shinde said that Congress during the period of 2.5 years had insulted Veer Savarkar but they could not speak anything against Congress as Shiv Sena was in alliance with the party.
Earlier, ex-BJP leader Naveen Jindal had also received death threats by one Akbar Alam who threatened him with Kanhaiya Lal like fate over his alleged remarks on Prophet Muhammad.
Government administration has reportedly been made aware of the local Muslim residents of the village forcefully getting the school prayer changed. The administration has said an investigation regarding the same will be carried out.
Congress had earlier threatened legal action against the news channel as well as journalist over airing the report which had mistaken Rahul Gandhi's comment
Chemist Umesh Kolhe was killed by some Islamists in Amravati for allegedly sharing a social media post supporting former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.