Sena MPs ‘force’ fasting Muslim staffer to eat chapati, Maharashtra Sadan says sorry

[HariPrasad]

Clutching at straws to try and show India of 1.2 billion people as being anti Muslim just because some sods forced some guy to eat a chappati?

The important thing is that MP has denied the charges.

 

[BanglaBhoot]

The important thing is that MP has denied the charges.

Video Shows Shiv Sena MP Forcing Fasting Muslim to Eat

New Delhi: Apparently unaware that he was being filmed, a lawmaker from the Shiv Sena forces a roti into the mouth of a catering supervisor at the Maharashtra government's official guest house in Delhi. The man, a Muslim named Arshad Zubair, was fasting for Ramzan.

The Shiv Sena this morning denied force-feeding the man - and then the video surfaced. "We didn't force anyone to break his roza. These are false allegations. We were protesting against poor service and bad food, that's all," said the party's Shrikant Shinde, who was among the group of MPs involved in the controversy. Other party representatives said that they did not know the man who was made to eat was Muslim or fasting. At the centre of the video is Rajan Vichare, a Sena MP from Thane near Mumbai.

The incident dates to Thursday at the Maharashtra Sadan - all states have guest houses in Delhi to host their representatives and official visitors. The Sena's lawmakers say the food and other facilities are below-average.

The food at the Sadan was provided by a subsidiary of the Indian Railways, which has cut off meals in protest. It has also received a note of apology from Bipin Mallik, the Resident Commissioner of Maharashtra, who, as the representative of the state government in Delhi, has administrative control of the Maharashtra Sadan.

The Sena's lawmakers say that Mr Mallick is biased against them and is misrepresenting the facts.

Sources at the Maharashtra Sadan say a clock was broken in his office by the Sena's members in a typically audacious rampage.

Leaders from different political parties have condemned the Sena, and demanded an apology.

Video Shows Shiv Sena MP Forcing Fasting Muslim to Eat - NDTV

 

[idune]

Uproar in Parliament
Indian (Shiv Sena) MPs ‘forcing’ Muslim worker to break Ramzan fast

NEW DELHI: In what can only be termed as gross misuse of power and a startling reminder of how our politicians abuse power, it is being reported that 11 Shiv Sena MPs at Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi forced a Muslim worker to break his Ramzan fast. The MPs were apparently not satisfied by the fact that they had not been served Maharashtrian food.

IRCTC, the Indian Railways subsidiary catering for Maharashtra Sadan, suspended all operations in protest against the incident during which the Muslim worker was forced to eat a chapatti.

The issue also led to uproar in the Lok Sabha. Ex-railways minister Mallikarjun Kharge raised the matter in the Lower House. He was countered by Union parliamentary affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu, who said that, "Nobody knows what the facts are; we must first get the facts." The Speaker tried to maintain decorum in the House by saying that discussion on the incident would be allowed during question hour.

According to TV reports, Arvind Sawant, Shiv Sena MP, has vehemently denied the allegations has said that the reports are "false and baseless".

An eyewitness said that the food being served at Maharshtra Sadan was not of good quality and hence led to anger amongst the MPs.

The report was first made public by Indian Express. According to Express, a letter sent to Maharashtra chief secretary J Saharia has named the 11 Shiv Sena MPs as Sanjay Raut (Rajya Sabha), Anandrao Adsul (Amravati), Rajan Vichare (Thane), Arvind Sawant (Mumbai-South), Hemant Godse (Nashik), Krupal Tumane (Ramtek), Ravindra Gaikwad (Osmanabad), Vinayak Raut (Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg), Shivaji Adhalrao Patil (Shirur), Rahul Shewale (Mumbai-South Central) and Shrikant Shinde (Kalyan).

Uproar in Parliament over Shiv Sena MPs ‘forcing’ Muslim worker to break Ramzan fast - The Times of India

 

[Pakistanisage]

Shameful act which must be condemned with strongest words and action should be taken against the MP's.

 

[SamantK]

Point of note, apologies are worthless if no action is taken to remedy the problem.

It depends on the victim to either lodge a case or accept the apology. He is free to go any way. He at least has the option.

 

[hussain0216]

This is what happens when you elect an extremist like Modi into power

This is the Modification of Indian politics

 

[OrionHunter]

Good God Almighty! Another thread on the same topic! Why can't our BD friends use the search button so very kindly provided by PDF to see how many threads on the same topic have already been posted before hitting the copy/paste buttons?

This is being done to death on Munshi's thread.

 

[HariPrasad]

Had the hindu been forced by mislim to eat roti, certainly it would not have taken communal angle. In India, if you shoot a terrorist and terrorist is a Muslim, it will certainly take a communal shift. Examples are Batla House Encounter and Ishrat Jahan, Soharabuddin encounter etc.

 

[idune]

Indian (Shiv Sena) MPs ‘forcing’ Muslim worker to break Ramzan fast

So what's the big deal? .

Wow! "secular" india and proud indians.

where were u when china banned the same....

So indian MP forced Muslim to break fast just so india can compete with China? Sound and "indian secular" logic, i suppose.

 

[SamantK]

Had the hindu been forced by mislim to eat roti, certainly it would not have taken communal angle. In India, if you shoot a terrorist and terrorist is a Muslim, it will certainly take a communal shift. Examples are Batla House Encounter and Ishrat Jahan, Soharabuddin encounter etc.

Dont twist it in other ways, this is not right whether it was Muslim or a Hindu..

 

[BanglaBhoot]

Good God Almighty! Another thread on the same topic! Why can't our BD friends use the search button so very kindly provided by PDF to see how many threads on the same topic have already been posted before hitting the copy/paste buttons?

This is being done to death on Munshi's thread.

I was the first to post on this.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Where did the guy eat the chapati? Secondly how would he know if the guy was keeping a Roza? Or even was a Muslim?
A powerful man ordered and got bad food and decided to turn the ire against the ones who served it to him.
It was pathetic but finding religious tint is becoming a ridiculous obsession now. We have a lady here who does not eat but cooks beef for her husband.

The act was offensive. Not because the guy was supposedly a Muslim etc but because the MP abused his position of power, which is deplorable.

Dont twist it in other ways, this is not right whether it was Muslim or a Hindu..

Exactly. Forcing and fighting with the staff of eateries by political goons has not much to do with religion.

 

[HariPrasad]

Dont twist it in other ways, this is not right whether it was Muslim or a Hindu..

I am not twisting at all. The MP didn't like the chapati and force supervisor to eat it (Wrong act). That MP may not be even knowing that the people who was forced to eat Roti is a muslim.

And look how the whole episode was diverted to Hindu Muslim.

 

[SamantK]

I am not twisting at all. The MP didn't like the chapati and force supervisor to eat it (Wrong act).

That should be sufficient.

We at least can discern the facts. Should be enough!

 

[pursuit of happiness]

A group of around 11 Shiv Sena MPs, apparently angry over not being served Maharashtrian food, allegedly forced a Muslim catering superviser who was fasting for Ramzan to eat a chapati at the new Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi last week.

Within hours, IRCTC, the Indian Railways subsidiary that was catering for the Sadan, stopped all operations in protest, and complained in writing to the Maharashtra Resident Commissioner, saying the employee, Arshad Zubair S, had been “deeply pained and hurt… as religious sentiments are attached”.

The Resident Commissioner subsequently apologised to IRCTC and Arshad, and asked to “meet him personally (to) convey the sentiments of our government”.

The Maharashtra government has said it is examining the matter, and has promised “appropriate action”. The MPs have said that they were “insulted” at the Sadan, but claimed that the allegations against them were “wrong”.

In an email sent to Resident Commissioner Bipin Mallick on July 17, IRCTC Deputy GM Shankar Malhotra wrote: “Today there was a meeting of 12-15 MPs at New Maharashtra Sadan in the Press Conference Hall in which they were complaining about the services of Electrical, civil, housekeeping, catering, etc. which they are facing from the last several months in the premises of Maharashtra Sadan.

“The entire delegation along with the electronic media and Manager, Maharashtra Sadan, walked inside the public dining hall and started throwing chafing dish covers in the buffet area. They also issued physical threats to the kitchen and service staff while using highly objectionable language. The specific incident happened with the Resident Manager/IRCTC, Sh. Arshad who was forced to consume full chapati whilst he was having fast on the eve of Ramzan. The concerned has been deeply pained and hurt on this account as religious sentiments are attached.”

Malhotra said that the MPs “demanded [a] Maharashtrian caterer in the NMS [New Maharashtra Sadan]. It may be noted that this is not the first time that such an incident has happened. We have received no support from the NMS management in this regard.”

In his complaint, which was forwarded to Mallick, Arshad said, “All the guests along with media reporters and staffs of Maharashtra Sadan got into kitchen where I was getting the orders prepared. They caught me and put the chapati into my mouth. I was wearing a formal uniform set as prescribed by IRCTC and everybody in the panel also knew my name as ‘Arshad’ as I was wearing the name tag. Even then they inserted chapati in my mouth which caused my fast to break on the eve of Ramzan. I was hurt with the thing they have done as religious sentiments are concerned.”

Soon after the incident, IRCTC pulled out of work at the Sadan because of “instances of manhandling of staff, use of abusive language, discriminatory actions with regional and religious biases and veiled threats towards the personnel of IRCTC as well as the service provider”. The canteen at the Sadan is currently shut.

Mallick, the Resident Commissioner, sent a letter of apology to IRCTC, expressing “his shock” at the incident.

“I can understand the pain and the agony of your Resident Manager, Mr. Arshad who was forced to do something against his religious belief. On behalf of my state government, I convey sincere apology to Mr. Arshad for the indignation caused to him by a few Hon’ble MPs while he was performing his duties and rendering services for our government. I would like to meet him personally and convey the sentiments of our government,” Mallick said in the letter, which has been accessed by The Indian Express.

The Maharashtra Chief Secretary has been apprised of the incident. The letter sent to him names 11 Shiv Sena MPs: Sanjay Raut (Rajya Sabha), Anandrao Adsul (Amravati), Rajan Vichare (Thane), Arvind Sawant (Mumbai-South), Hemant Godse (Nashik), Krupal Tumane (Ramtek), Ravindra Gaikwad (Osmanabad), Vinayak Raut (Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg), Shivaji Adhalrao Patil (Shirur), Rahul Shewale (Mumbai-South Central) and Shrikant Shinde (Kalyan).

When contacted by The Indian Express, Chief Secretary J Saharia said, “There are allegations like this. We are examining the whole issue and appropriate action will be taken.”

MP Sanjay Raut said, “These are wrong allegations, someone is doing mischief. There are many problems with Maharashtra Sadan that have come up, but I don’t even stay there.”

An incident report filed by the manager of the Sadan said “the mob”, which included the MPs’ supporters and members of the media, damaged the Resident Commissioner’s office.

“The mob threatened to break the glass door of RC’s chamber in New Maharashtra Sadan, forced an employee to open the door, occupied the cabin and started shouting slogans etc. Thereafter, the mob broke the wall clock in RC’s cabin and wrote ‘Jai Maharashtra’ on the wall,” the report said.

Mumbai-South MP Arvind Sawant said, “I have been living there for the past two months, and have faced nothing but insults. There are so many rooms here for MLAs, Ministers of State and Secretaries, but all the MPs from Maharashtra have been boxed into tiny rooms. All of this, even as 4 MPs from Uttar Pradesh have larger rooms. Is this not an insult?”

Sawant added, “The food at the Sadan is terrible. It is run by the Railways people who know nothing about Maharashtrian food. If you go to Andhra Bhawan, you are served Andhra food, but here Railways people make the food. They even gave stale water. We wanted to sort these issues out amicably, and did not come with the intention of committing violence. But even on that day, the Resident Commissioner refused to meet us, and after a lot of delay, said that he had gone to receive the Chief Secretary at the airport. Is that not an insult? No tod phod happened at all, but we have been provoked in a sustained manner. Nobody was manhandled, but if you keep abusing, will someone not slap?

Sena MPs ‘force’ fasting Muslim staffer to eat chapati, Maharashtra Sadan says sorry | The Indian Express

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fact...
issue..
Bad quality of food and mismanagement in Maharashtra sadan in Delhi (where Maharastra MP/MLA/ other people stay during govt work )
Maharashtra Sadan :: Home
what happened..
with cr of rupees spent by GOM.faculity still not 100%ready..
many people complaint about the same..
Maharashtra Sadan inauguration today | The Indian Express
The project cost escalated from Rs 52 crore to over Rs 154 crore and Somaiya claimed companies that got many of the sub-contracts belonged in part to members of the Bhujbal family.

incident ..
the rulling MPs. called IRCTC (canteen contractor ) and asked him about bad quality of food..
the ROTI was so hard that even with 2 hand its diffuclt to cut it..
this was shown to employye..
same is shown in video too

while in anager they tried to feed the same to employee..
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real conclusion..
MPs were angry on facility and anger was came on employee of magamet /canteen .

media conclusion..
MPs ..forced MUSLIM in ramzan to eat roti...

Anger and action is still not justified by people like MPs .. even their cause and grivenace was right..
but
there was no no communal angel to it in reality...
it was coincidence that the management employee was "Indian muslim" .
Shall same tratemnt justifed for non muslim ...? no
so be human and logical rather cynical..