Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis termed ink being thrown at Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil for his alleged remarks about Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Jyotiba Phule as a "very sad" incident. "The meaning of what...[he] had said should have been understood. It meant that Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar...never ran institutions by seeking grants from the government," added Fadnavis.