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Should we urinate into dams to fill them? : Ajit Pawar
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar made a blunder too! Referring to the hunger strike by a drought-affected farmer at Mumbai's Azad Maidan, Pawar had said "He has been on fast for the last 55 days. (But)If there is no water in the dam, how can we release it? Should we urinate into it? If there is no water to drink, even urinating is not possible."

Bhaiyya Deshmukh, the farmer from Solapur district who had been on fast, said Pawar had hurt the sentiments of the people with his comments and that it was unbecoming of the Deputy Chief Minister. His comment kicked up a controversy for mocking farmers facing a severe drought and he had to apologize for his remarks. He then said in a statement "My comments made at a meeting at Indapur were not aimed at drought-affected people. I apologize if I have hurt the sentiments of the people in the state."

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