Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) workers laid siege to and pelted the official residence of agriculture minister Abdul Sattar with stones on Monday to protest his uncouth remarks about their senior leader Surpriya Sule. Sattar, who is from the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, apologised later.

Sattar’s statement was made in Aurangabad in response to a media question over Sule's criticism. NCP workers gave him a 24-hour ultimatum to apologise and demanded that he be sacked.