The Shiv Sena's sitting MP Chandrakant Khaire, who lost to AIMIM's Imtiaz Jaleel from Aurangabad in the just concluded Lok Sabha polls, made a controversial statement Friday by terming it as the start of "razakari" in the region.
The term originates from the Razakars, the private militia of the Hyderabad Nizamate, who were infamous in the area for their brutal putting down of rebellion against the ruling dispensation of the time.
Speaking to a regional news channel in Mumbai outside the residence of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, Khaire said, "Razakari has already begun in Aurangabad (with Jaleel's victory). Some of my people were attacked. It is only going to get worse."
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