After backlash, Sanjay Raut withdraws remark on Indira Gandhi

Following a furor and the opposition's attempts to make political capital out of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut's comment claiming a link between former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and mafia don Karim Lala, Raut on Thursday retracted his comments. "Our friends from Congress need not feel hurt. If someone feels that my statement has hurt the image of Indira Gandhi ji or hurt someone's feelings, I take back my statement," Raut told reporters in Mumbai.