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Saamana cartoon row: Cartoonist regrets hurting Maratha sentiments; FIR against Uddhav, Raut

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A day after an office of Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana‘ was stoned over a cartoon it carried alluding to the ongoing Maratha rallies, the cartoonist today expressed regret over his work, which has triggered sharp reaction from across the political spectrum in Maharashtra.

“The sentiments of Maratha community were hurt by my cartoon. But, there was never an intention to hurt anybody. Yet, I express regret if sentiments were hurt unintentionally,” cartoonist Shrinivas Prabhudesai said in a statement carried on the front page of Saamana.

He, however, alleged that the issue was politicised and the Sena and Saamana were unnecessarily dragged into the controversy.

The cartoon has come at a time when the Maratha community has been organising rallies all around the state to express outrage over the rape and murder of a girl from the community at Kopardi and press their various demands including quota in education and job.

The rallies have evoked huge response, compelling all political parties to take note the grievances of the community, a dominent force in the state.

“The controversy over the cartoon was unnecessary. I am an artist and not a political cartoonist. In a busy life, my intention is to put a smile on people’s face and thus I make cartoons,” he stated.

As the controversy around a cartoon published in Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece Saamana gathered dust, advocate Vishnu Navale filed an FIR against Shiv Sena chief and editor of Saamana Uddhav Thackeray, executive editor Sanjay Raut, cartoonist Ravindra Prabhudesai and printer and publisher Rajendra Bhagwat, reported Firstpost.

The case was filed in Nanal peth police station, Parbhani, Marathwada region, under IPC Sections 153 A, 292, 505, 500, and 109, sources told Firstpost.

Condemning the cartoon, the organisation’s spokesperson Shivanand Bhanuse told PTI, “We are condemning a cartoon which was published in Saamana. Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray and Saamana‘s executive editor Sanjay Raut must apologise to the women of Maharashtra.”

“The attack was spontaneous and an expression of emotions of the Maratha community,” he said.

Source: Agencies

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