Maharashtra Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar suggested that a report concerning the deaths of 14 individuals due to heatstroke during a function attended by Union Minister Amit Shah might be presented in the ongoing session of the Maharashtra assembly. The incident occurred in April during an event to confer the Maharashtra Bhushan Award to social worker Appasaheb Dharmadhikari, according to a report in PTI. 

The report stated the minister of cultural affairs, Mungantiwar, stressed that the event wasn`t controversial, citing the weather service`s forecast of 34 degrees Celsius. Ten women and four men tragically lost their lives to sunstroke at the event, which took place in an open space in Kharghar, Raigad district.