Maharashtra government was concerned over the incident at New Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi where a Shiv Sena MP was caught on video purportedly forcing a fasting Muslim employee to eat a chapati but did not want it to acquire a communal colour in "an election year", a senior minister said.
The Parliament Secretariat had asked the state government for a report on the incident and Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had directed Chief Secretary J S Saharia to respond immediately, a senior minister told PTI here.
"In an election year, we cannot afford to allow such incidents getting communal colour and the Chief Minister has asked for the matter to be resolved at the earliest," said the minister who did not wish to be named.
The issue was not discussed at today's cabinet meeting but the general view was that the matter should end at the earliest, he said.
The incident, which took place last week as Sena MPs were protesting the quality of food at New Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi, sparked an outrage and uproar in Parliament today.
