"Ketkar has lost his mental balance," Tawde said, reacting to Ketkar's remarks which he reportedly made at the all-India Marathi literary meet in Pune district today.
Addressing the delegates at the annual literary meet, Ketkar, editor of Marathi newspaper Divya Marathi, had said, "Modi is a symbol of hatred. If you make such a person the prime minister, be ready to bear the consequences."
Ketkar had described the BJP's prime ministerial candidate a "person who spreads a destructive message... A person who seeks to partition the country.