Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut took a dig on the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP), the opposition get together in Maharashtra, on the silence over the elimination of Shivaji’s statue in Mangutti village of Karnataka’s Belgaum district. Raut mentioned the “conspiracy” by the BJP authorities in Karnataka to take away the statue within the night time is “condemnable”.
The Sena chief challenged the Chief of opposition in Maharashtra and former chief minister (CM) Devendra Fadnavis to guide an agitation in Belgaum and promised assist from the Shiv Sena. “The way through which the Karnataka police eliminated the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is condemnable. No one from Maharashtra’s opposition get together is able to discuss it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid respects to Chhatrapati Shivaji throughout the basis laying ceremony of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The identical get together’s authorities in Karnataka eliminated the statue within the night time by switching off the lights,” he informed reporters in Mumbai.
He additional mentioned, “Maharashtra authorities ought to take critical notice of this incident. With out indulging in politics, the opposition get together within the state needs to be taken in confidence. If wanted, we’re able to go to Belgaum and agitate below the management of the opposition chief. Ask him, if he’s prepared.”
Belgaum district of Karnataka, which has a large Marathi-speaking inhabitants, has been the topic of a protracted boundary dispute between the 2 states.
On Saturday, Maharashtra minister and Sena chief Eknath Shinde demanded that the Karnataka authorities reinstate the statue of Shivaji Maharaj which was allegedly eliminated by the authorities in Belgaum district.
In a letter to Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa, Shinde, who’s the coordinator minister for border areas alongside Karnataka, claimed {that a} life-size statue of the warrior king was eliminated at Mangutti village by the police and district authorities. The statue had been put in with the permission of the gram panchayat, however the administration eliminated it intentionally, claimed the minister and demanded motion in opposition to the officers concerned.