Saints and great men of the Warkari sect insulted : Ink thrown at Vikas Lawande !

Pune – Angry Hindus threw ink at NCP leader Vikas Lawande in the Loni Kalbhor area on 10 May for repeatedly making derogatory remarks against the saints and great personalities of the Warkari sect.

Pune: Ink Thrown on (NCP-SP) spokesperson Vikas Lawande over repeated derogatory remarks against the Saints and Spiritual leaders of the Warkari Sampradaya.

“Insult to Saints will not be tolerated!” –@AcharyaBhosale

'Calling revered Saints “intruders” is an attack on Hindu… https://t.co/LVMGeOY9Bv pic.twitter.com/Z2U1gvXYz7

— Sanatan Prabhat (@SanatanPrabhat) May 9, 2026

Vikas Lawande was on his way to deliver a discourse in the morning when Sangram Bhandare and his associates stopped him. During the confrontation, ink was thrown at him while protesting against his controversial statements targeting Hindu saints. Following the incident, Lawande lodged a complaint at the Loni Kalbhor Police Station.

Insulting saints will not be tolerated ! – Acharya Tushar Bhosale, Spiritual Front

“Vikas Lawande has been continuously criticising the great saints, who are the pillars of the Warkari sect, in extremely derogatory language. By calling saints with lakhs of followers, who worked for de-addiction and imparting Sanskars in Maharashtra, ‘intruders’, he has committed a grave insult. This is an attack on the faith of Hindus itself. On this occasion, I appeal to Sharad Pawar to restrain his supporters and stop the insult of Maharashtra and its revered saints.”