Watch: Sena ‘Slapgate’ MLA Walks Out Of NDTV Interview Over Tough Questions

New Delhi:

Far from showing remorse after he slapped and punched the manager of the MLA hostel’s canteen in Mumbai, Sanjay Gaikwad has said he would repeat his actions if the same thing happened again. Faced with tough questions, the Shiv Sena MLA, who was speaking to NDTV on Thursday, also chose the easy way out and decided to end the interview, claiming the audience wasn’t being given an opportunity to hear his side. 

The conversation, which was being broadcast live, began with the MLA from Buldhana telling NDTV that he had been going to Mumbai since 1990 and ate at the same canteen. He claimed that, in the past four to five years, he had often been served food that was stale – 15-day-old meat, 10-day-old eggs and five-day-old curries. 

Nearly 1.5 lakh people eat there every year and many MLAs and their personal assistants have complained about the quality of the food and the staff’s behaviour. I also complained many times and told them I have stomach issues and need to have fresh food. That day (Tuesday) I placed my order – dal-rice and two chapatis – around 9.30 pm. The moment I had the first morsel, I felt something was off. After the second bite, I vomited and started feeling unwell. The dal was also smelling,” he said in Hindi. 

“In that state, I went down to the canteen and asked the person at the counter who had made the food. I called the manager and made him smell the dal. He and others also admitted the food was smelling,” he recalled.