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"Insult to farmers": NCP (SP) slams Maharashtra Agriculture Minister for playing online card game in Assembly
Updated On: 21 July, 2025 10:06 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) leader Prashant Sudamrao Jagtap termed the alleged act "an insult to the farmers"; the video was shared on social media by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Rohit Pawar

Sharad Pawar-led NCP MLA Rohit Pawar shared a video showing Minister Kokate playing a mobile game during the legislature session. PIC/X
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) leader Prashant Sudamrao Jagtap on Sunday slammed Maharashtra's Agriculture Minister, Manikrao Kokate, after a purported video of him playing an online card game on his phone in the Legislative Assembly went viral. Jagtap termed the alleged act "an insult to the farmers," reported news agency ANI.
The video was shared on social media by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Rohit Pawar.
"Ever since Manikrao Kokate became the Agriculture Minister in Devendra Fadnavis' government, he has been making fun of Maharashtra's farmers," Jagtap told ANI.
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