Kasuri book row: Ink attack by Sena activists on Sudheendra Kulkarni

Update: 2015-10-12 06:31 GMT

Shiv Sena activists allegedly smeared black ink on the face of ORF chairman Sudheendra Kulkarni for organising former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri's book launch.

Kulkarni says he had met Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday and told him that "it is your right to protest peacefully but you will have to respect our right to hold the book launch".

"Those who threw ink and smeared my faced have defaced the tricolour I was wearing. This is an assault on democracy," Kulkarni said.

'I have been a political worker myself, I understand political protests, but it should be in a peaceful manner', Khurshid Kasuri said condemning the ink attack on Kulkarni.

Sudheendra Kulkarni and Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri holding the book 'Neither a Hawk nor a Dove: An Insider's Account of Pakistan's Foreign Policy' at an event in Mumbai.

"Shiv Sena activists threw ink at me and smeared my face. We won't be cowed down by such events and the book launch will happen as planned," Sudheendra Kulkarni said.

Kasuri book row: Ink attack by Sena activists on Sudheendra Kulkarni

Kasuri book row: Ink attack by Sena activists on Sudheendra Kulkarni

Kasuri book row: Ink attack by Sena activists on Sudheendra Kulkarni

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