BJP's Shehzad Poonawalla has said that Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis left his school, which was named after former PM Indira Gandhi, after learning that his father was arrested during the Emergency. His remark came after Fadnavis was criticised for saying that an 'X' user, who defamed Savitribai Phule, should be "hanged publicly". Fadnavis was reportedly called "anti-Hindu".