NCP (SP) Working President and MP Supriya Sule on Tuesday termed the alleged manhandling of Maharashtra Minister Shambhuraj Desai during the election of the Satara Zilla Parishad president and vice president as an “unfortunate” and “tragic” incident for the state. 

“It has nothing to do with the police themselves. Instead, it is the strength of the 'invisible power' lurking behind the police that forced them to act. The police would not do something like this on their own. This incident is a tragedy for Maharashtra,” she said during a press conference, reported IANS.