It seems like the MP has a habit of crossing the boundaries of decent conduct.
Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who hit an Air India staffer with a slipper at the IGI airport in Delhi and then openly boasted about it, is no stranger to controversies. The 57-year-old Lok Sabha member from the Osmanabad constituency in the Marathwada region was in the eye of a row in 2014 for allegedly trying to force-feed a Muslim caterer during the fasting month of Ramzan over the quality of chapatis served at the Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi.
He has various criminal charges against him which include voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servants from duty, criminal intimidation and rioting among others. He was twice elected to the Maharashtra Assembly before going to the Lok Sabha in 2014. Gaikwad, whose violent streak was on display today, has been a member of the Joint Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex since April 2015. He holds M Com and B Ed degrees and is known as 'Ravi Sir' in his constituency.
Here’s his complete list of charges according to My Neta:
*One charge related to Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty (IPC Section-332)
*One charge related to culpable homicide not amounting to murder (IPC Section-304)
*One charge related to criminal intimidation (IPC Section-506)
*Two charges related to Act endangering life or personal safety of others (IPC Section-336)
*Two charges related to Punishment for Rioting (IPC Section-147)
*Two charges related to Being member of an unlawful assembly (IPC Section-143)
*Two charges related to wrongful restraint (IPC Section-341)
*Two charges related to Rioting, armed with deadly weapon (IPC Section-148)
*Two charges related to every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object (IPC Section-149)
*One charge related to causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others (IPC Section-337)
*One charge related to mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees (IPC Section-427)
*One charge related to assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty (IPC Section-353)
*One charge related to voluntarily causing hurt (IPC Section-323)
Sena reacts to allegations
Shiv Sena today said it would not condone the action of its MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who hit an Air India staffer with a slipper and then openly boasted about it. A party spokesperson, however, said Gaikwad was not a person who would jump into such a thing and it was necessary to know what made him lose his temper. "Shiv Sena does not subscribe to any such reaction by any of our party members," Sena spokesperson Manisha Kayande said, reacting to Gaikwad assaulting an Air India employee.
"We must agree that he has accepted to his action or reaction," she said. "Gaikwad is known as 'Ravi Sir' and is very popular in his constituency. He has worked a lot towards solving the water problems of his region," she said.
"We really should know what made him lose his temper. He is not a person who would suddenly jump into such a thing," Kayande said. None of the senior Sena leaders, including party president Uddhav Thackeray, have so far commented on Gaikwad's action today.
With inputs from PTI
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