The employees of Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC) are irked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he ‘ejected’ Mahatma Gandhi from the 2017 wall calendar and table diary published by the commission.
At the Vile Parle headquarters in Mumbai, employees of KVIC observed "a silent, soul-cleansing" protest wearing black bands on their mouths during lunch hour on Thursday, a report published in IANS said.
In the 2017 KVIC calendar, Modi is seen spinning a modern-looking 'charkha' or spinning wheel donned in his signature waist-coat and kurta pyjama as opposed to Gandhi's trademark loin cloth appearance.
"We are pained at this