Mumbai, December 18: Union Minister Ramdas Athawale, speaking on the 2014 poll promise of BJP in the year 2014 that Rs 15 lakh will be deposited in every Indian's account after the black money is brought from abroad, said that the amount will come "slowly" and not at "the single time." Ramdas Athawale Slapped By RPI Youth Wing Worker Pravin Gosavi in Thane, Accused Thrashed by Men as Party Calls for Maharashtra Bandh (Watch Video).

In a controversial statement, Athawale said that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)  has the money which can result in Rs 15 lakh deposited in every Indian's account, but said that the central bank is "not giving it" and hence the amount can't be collected. He further said that there are some technical issues.

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Ramdas Athawale was recently slapped at a public function. A youth wing worker of Republican Party of India (RPI) was brutally thrashed by people in Thane's Ambernath area on December 9 after he slapped Union Minister and party leader Ramdas Athawale at an event in the city on Saturday.

According to a tweet by ANI, the worker, identified as Pravin Gosavi suffered injuries and has been shifted to the state-run J J hospital in Mumbai after receiving initial treatment in Ambernath. In a 37 second video released by ANI, several supporters were seen bashing Gosavi for slapping their party chief. The cops tried to stop the attackers but to no avail. Athawale said after the incident that the attack on him was planned by Opposition parties as they were jealous of his popularity.

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