Thousands of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) workers ne Sunday ko Gateway of India tak protest march start kiya, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ke Rajkot Fort per statue collapse hone ke khilaf apna gussa dikhane ke liye. Ye statue 26 August ko gir gaya tha, jo PM Narendra Modi ne 4 December 2023 ko Navy Day ke din unveil kiya tha.
Union aur state governments per attack karte hue, Uddhav Thackeray ne PM Modi ki maafi ko “arrogance” ka namuna bataya, jabki Sharad Pawar ne is episode ko corruption ka ek example kaha.
Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, Congress state unit chief Nana Patole, aur Mumbai Congress ke head Varsha Gaikwad ne Hutatma Chowk par wreaths chadhakar protest march ki shuruaat ki. Hutatma Chowk wo jagah hai jahan ‘Samyukta Maharashtra’ agitation ke shaheedon ki yaad mein memorial hai.
Gateway of India par gathering ko address karte hue Thackeray ne kaha, “Kya aapne dekha PM Modi ki maafi mein arrogance tha? Ek deputy chief minister to has raha tha.”
Thackeray ne Maharashtra ke logon ko yaad dilate hue kaha ki wo kabhi bhi legendary warrior king ke insult ko maaf nahi karenge. Unhone statue collapse ko Ram Temple aur new Parliament complex mein hui leakages se compare karte hue Modi ke “guarantees” ka mazaak banaya.
Thackeray ne kaha, “PM kis cheez ki maafi maang rahe the? Us statue ke liye jo unhone 8 mahine pehle inaugurate kiya tha? Ya phir usme hui corruption ke liye? MVA cadre ko milkar kaam karna hoga taaki Shivaji Maharaj ko insult karne wali forces ko haraya ja sake. Statue collapse Maharashtra ki aatma ke insult ke barabar hai.”
Palghar mein apni speech ke dauran, PM Modi ne kaha tha ki Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj sirf ek naam ya raja nahi balki ek deity hain. “Aaj, main apne deity ke charanon mein apna sir jhuka raha hoon aur maafi maang raha hoon,” unhone kaha.
Sharad Pawar ne protest march mein kaha, “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ke statue ka girna corruption ka ek example hai. Ye sabhi Shiv premis ke liye ek insult hai.”
Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole ne kaha ki PM se pehle hi opposition ne maafi maang li thi, ek aise “Shiv drohi” sarkar ko power mein aane dene ke liye. Unhone assembly polls ke backdrop mein kaha, “Humne yeh vachan diya hai ki aisa phir kabhi nahi hone denge.”
Kolhapur Congress MP Shahu Chhatrapati, jo Shivaji Maharaj ke vanshaj hain, ne kaha ki emperor ki dignity ko har haal mein maintain kiya jaana chahiye.
Shivaji Maharaj ke protest
March mein jo log shamil hue unme NCP (SP) Baramati MP Supriya Sule aur MLA Anil Deshmukh bhi the. Ek bust of the legendary warrior king ko Hutatma Chowk par rakha gaya, jabki march mein shamil log placards le kar statue collapse ke khilaf aur Eknath Shinde government ke khilaf slogans lagate rahe.
Sharad Pawar ne kuch doori tak march ki aur phir apni gaadi mein chadh gaye.
