Terming as "wrong" Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut's comment about Indira Gandhi meeting gangster Karim Lala, Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat on Thursday said the party will not tolerate such remarks, and conveyed their disappointment to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Senior Congress leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan went a step further as he cryptically said that his party is "ready to pay whatever price required", but will not tolerate comments against the late prime minister.
During an interview to the Lokmat media group at its award function in Pune on Wednesday, Raut had claimed that Indira Gandhi used to meet Karim Lala in Pydhonie (in south Mumbai).
However, Raut withdrew his comment on Thursday saying, "If someone feels my statement hurt Indira Gandhi's image, or someone's feelings, I take it back."
Chavan said, "We are ready to pay whatever price required. But we will not tolerate any comment against her."
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