<p>Nagpur: Local <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/congress">Congress</a> leaders on Thursday staged a protest in Nagpur demanding the removal of Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad and BJP MP Anil Bonde from their respective parties over their controversial remarks against <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rahul-gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a>.</p>.<p>BJP's Rajya Sabha member Bonde on Tuesday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's "tongue should be singed" as his statement on reservations was "dangerous" and hurt the feelings of the 'bahujan' (non-Brahmin) communities.</p>.<p>A case was registered against Bonde in Maharashtra's Amravati on Wednesday over his controversial remark.</p>.Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: Stop Congress' attempt to halt Ladki Bahin Yojana, says Shiv Sena.<p>The parliamentarian, however, remained defiant and demanded that a First Information Report (FIR) should be registered against Gandhi himself over his comments on the reservation issue at a university in the US.</p>.<p>Earlier, Buldhana MLA Gaikwad, belonging to the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, had announced a reward for anyone cutting off Rahul Gandhi's tongue over the reservation comments.</p>.<p>On Thursday, Nagpur Congress workers led by city party chief Vikas Thakre, former MP Vilas Muttemwar and party leader Vishal Muttemwar staged a protest at the Variety Square here.</p>.<p>They raised slogans demanding an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the remarks of leaders from the ruling alliance.</p>.<p>Speaking to a TV channel, Thakre said the Shiv Sena and the BJP should remove Sanjay Gaikwad and Anil Bonde, During a recent visit to the US, Gandhi, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, said the Congress would think of scrapping reservations when “India is a fair place”, which he said is not the case right now.</p>.<p>However, at a press interaction in the US later, Gandhi said he was misquoted to show he was against reservations.</p>.<p>"I have been saying again and again and again, we are going to increase reservations beyond 50 per cent," Gandhi said. </p>
<p>Nagpur: Local <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/congress">Congress</a> leaders on Thursday staged a protest in Nagpur demanding the removal of Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad and BJP MP Anil Bonde from their respective parties over their controversial remarks against <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rahul-gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a>.</p>.<p>BJP's Rajya Sabha member Bonde on Tuesday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's "tongue should be singed" as his statement on reservations was "dangerous" and hurt the feelings of the 'bahujan' (non-Brahmin) communities.</p>.<p>A case was registered against Bonde in Maharashtra's Amravati on Wednesday over his controversial remark.</p>.Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: Stop Congress' attempt to halt Ladki Bahin Yojana, says Shiv Sena.<p>The parliamentarian, however, remained defiant and demanded that a First Information Report (FIR) should be registered against Gandhi himself over his comments on the reservation issue at a university in the US.</p>.<p>Earlier, Buldhana MLA Gaikwad, belonging to the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, had announced a reward for anyone cutting off Rahul Gandhi's tongue over the reservation comments.</p>.<p>On Thursday, Nagpur Congress workers led by city party chief Vikas Thakre, former MP Vilas Muttemwar and party leader Vishal Muttemwar staged a protest at the Variety Square here.</p>.<p>They raised slogans demanding an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the remarks of leaders from the ruling alliance.</p>.<p>Speaking to a TV channel, Thakre said the Shiv Sena and the BJP should remove Sanjay Gaikwad and Anil Bonde, During a recent visit to the US, Gandhi, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, said the Congress would think of scrapping reservations when “India is a fair place”, which he said is not the case right now.</p>.<p>However, at a press interaction in the US later, Gandhi said he was misquoted to show he was against reservations.</p>.<p>"I have been saying again and again and again, we are going to increase reservations beyond 50 per cent," Gandhi said. </p>