India’s parliament burst into a fury on Wednesday as opposition Congress MPs protested the force-feeding of a Muslim man by Hindu lawmaker Rajan Baburao Vichare.

"It is absolutely reprehensible and should be condemned in the strongest possible manner,” said Congress party spokesman Manish Tewari.

The television footage showed a group of furious lawmakers from the nationalist Shiv Sena party confronting a catering supervisor in New Delhi on July 17.

MP Vichare was caught pushing bread several times into the supervisor’s mouth as a crowd started to swarm.

"The canteen management here is in a bad state,” said Vichare, adding, "The Chapatis (Indian flatbread) they ... bake didn’t even break, ...vegetable and pulses” are of low qualities.

The lawmakers were complaining about the quality of food at a guest house which regularly serves officials from the state of Maharashtra.

Meanwhile, the company manager says the supervisor is deeply hurt over the incident as "religious sentiments are attached.”

Last week, Shiv Sena lawmakers were filmed throwing kitchen data-x-items and physically threatening the kitchen and service staff at the guest house.

Shiv Sena, a key ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, is infamous for creating a history of intimidation and unrest against minorities.

Experts say the latest incident is likely to raise concern among religious minorities, including Muslims, over Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.