Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray slammed the Eknath Shinde-led administration on Wednesday for the fall of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s statue, claiming that corruption had reached an all-time high during the Mahayuti regime.
On Monday afternoon, a 35-foot monument of the founder of the 17th century Maratha empire, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rajkot fort in Sindhudurg on December 4 last year, fell.
Mr Thackeray, speaking at a news conference alongside NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra Congress chairman Nana Patole, said the government’s assertion that the monument toppled owing to gusting winds is “height of shamelessness”.
To protest against the government, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will march from Hutatma Chowk to the Gateway of India in south Mumbai on September.
To protest against the government, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will take out a march from Hutatma Chowk to the Gateway of India in south Mumbai on September 1, the former chief minister said.
He was referring to a clash between the workers of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and BJP MP Narayan Rane after a MVA delegation went to Rajkot fort.
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