Shiv Sena (UBT) leader in Nashik, Bala Darade, said he would blacken Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's face for his "derogatory" remarks on freedom fighter VD Savarkar. "Rahul's statement about Savarkar, calling him 'Mafi-veer', was insulting," he said. While Shiv Sena (UBT) said Darade's remarks were his own, Maharashtra Congress President Harshwardhan Sapkal termed Darade's threat as "cowardly".