MP Anil Shirole, Guardian Minister Girish Bapat and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kakade participate in the fast in Pune on Thursday. (Arul Horizon) MP Anil Shirole, Guardian Minister Girish Bapat and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kakade participate in the fast in Pune on Thursday.
(Arul Horizon) On a day when BJP MPs, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, were holding a one-day fast across the country to protest the washout of Parliament’s budget session, two BJP MLAs — Bala Bhegade and Bhimrao Tapkir — were seen having food at a meeting of legislators called by Guardian Minister Girish Bapat in Pune on Thursday. Bapat had called a meeting of Pune district MLAs at the Council Hall on Thursday afternoon to discuss the ongoing work on the Jalyukt Shivar project and distribution of seeds to farmers.
The meeting was also attended by officers of the district administration. As soon as the meeting began, staffers of the Divisional Commissioner’s office served snacks, which included sandwich and wafers.