Facing Congress heat, Sanjay Raut withdraws ‘Indira Gandhi met Karim Lala’ remark. Several Congress leaders, including Milind Deora and Sanjay Nirupam, had hit out at Sanjay Raut for "distorting the legacy" and carrying out a "false campaign" against the former prime minister Indira Gandhi. A day after he claimed Indira Gandhi used to visit Mumbai underworld don Karim Lala, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut Thursday withdrew his statement. Several Congress leaders, including Milind Deora and Sanjay Nirupam, had hit out at Raut for “distorting the legacy” and carrying out a “false campaign” against the former prime minister. During a function Wednesday, when Raut was asked about his days as a crime reporter in Mumbai, he said: “(Underworld don) Haji Mastan used to visit Mantralaya and was treated as an honoured guest. Indira Gandhi used to visit Karim Lala. Those were the days of the underworld dons. Today Mumbai is not like that. “I don’t think she (Indira Gandhi) me...
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