Mumbai, Aug. 25 -- Maharashtra Tribal Development Minister Ashok Uike has hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on the hunger strike by tribal students in Pune, accusing him of arriving late to the issue and claiming that Congress leaders had not informed him that the strike had ended before his visit.

In a post on X, Uike said, "Rahul Gandhi ji, whenever you come, you always arrive late! Before asking questions from our beloved Chief Minister Devendra ji Fadnavis, you should have taken a moment to look into your own collar. On the very day you came to Maharashtra and held a paid PR program, just before that program, our tribal students from Nagpur and Chandrapur had withdrawn their hunger strike. Perhaps, to mislead ...