Prakash "Mama" Pagare, a Congress leader from Maharashtra's Ulhasnagar, was forced to wear a saree by local BJP workers after he posted a morphed photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media.

The 73-year-old Pagare was confronted by local BJP leaders, along with the BJP's Kalyan unit president Nandu Parab. The confrontation happened in a public area, media reports said. The BJP leaders forcibly draped a new red saree around him and took a video of him in a saree.

Reports said that the video was later posted on social media. In the video, Pagare was heard shouting, "What are you doing?" as the BJP workers draped the saree forcefully onto him.

He was also warned against making such posts in the future and was told that any such behaviour would be met with the same fate if he did

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