Maharashtra ke Sindhudurg district ke ek fort mein Maratha King Chhatrapati Shivaji ki statue, jo Prime Minister Narendra Modi ne December 4 ko Navy Day ke din unveil ki thi, Monday ko gir gayi. Statue ki unchai 35-foot thi aur uska girna, opposition ke liye ek badi controversy ban gaya hai.
Police aur district administration ke senior officials site per pahunch chuke hain aur abhi damage ka assessment kiya ja raha hai. Opposition ne state government par kaafi ilzam lagaye hain, keh rahe hain ki construction ki quality per dhyan nahi diya gaya.
NCP (SP) ke state president aur former minister Jayant Patil ne kaha, “State government is collapse ke liye zimmedar hai kyunki unhone construction ke quality par dhyan nahi diya. Government sirf event conduct karne par focused thi jahan PM Modi ko invite karke statue unveil kiya gaya. Yeh Maharashtra government bas naye tenders issue karti hai, commissions leti hai aur contracts accordingly distribute karti hai.”
Maharashtra ke Minister Deepak Kesarkar ne kaha,
“Mere paas sab details nahi hain, par PWD Minister Ravindra Chavan jo Sindhudurg ke guardian minister bhi hain, unhone kaha hai ki thorough investigation hogi.”
Unhone yeh bhi assure kiya, “Hum isi jagah par nayi statue erect karne ke liye committed hain. Yeh statue Shivaji Maharaj ke sea fort building efforts ka tribute hai jo PM Modi ne unveil ki thi. Hum is issue ko jaldi aur effectively address karenge.”
Yeh development abhi Maharashtra politics mein ek major issue ban gaya hai, jahan government ki accountability aur public fund management per sawal uthaye ja rahe hain.
