Days after Shinde Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad declared a bounty of Rs 11 lakh for chopping off Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s tongue, BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Anil Bonde said on Wednesday that the Opposition leader’s tongue should not be cut off but scalded because he had remarked on the country's reservation system.

“There is no need to talk about chopping off Rahul Gandhi's tongue, but whatever he has said about reservation is horrific. If someone goes overseas and speaks absurdities, his tongue should not be cut off but scalded. Doing so is extremely essential—be it, Rahul Gandhi, [editor and activist] Dnyanesh Maharao or [anti-superstition activist] Shyam Manav,” he said in Amravati.