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A 35-foot statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi successful December 2023 astatine Rajkot Fort successful coastal Malvan successful Sindhudurg district, collapsed connected August 26 amid dense rainfall and beardown winds. (File Photo)
The illness of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj successful Maharashtra has not lone led to fiery governmental sermon successful the authorities but has forced leaders from each parties to spell connected a spree of unveiling statues of the Maratha king successful antithetic parts of the state, up of the upcoming Assembly elections.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has since unveiled 4 statues of Shivaji Maharaj. A 32-foot equestrian statue of the king was unveiled astatine Shivsrishti successful Nasik district’s Nandgaon successful the archetypal week of September. It is simply a constituency of Shiv Sena MLA Suhas Kande. This was the archetypal statue that was opened for nationalist aft the illness of Malvan statue. A fig of statues, including that of kid Shivaji on with his parent Rajmata Jijabai, was unveiled successful Buldhana territory connected September 19.
On September 29, Shinde visited Patan successful Satara territory — the assembly constituency of authorities excise curate Shmabhuraj Desai, wherever helium unveiled different equestrian statue of Shivaji Maharaj astatine Nade successful Patan tehsil. A time later, helium was astatine Bhayander successful Thane territory wherever helium unveiled yet different equestrian statue of the king. He was joined by section MLA Geeta Jain and Pratap Sarnaik.
A 35-foot statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi successful December 2023 astatine Rajkot Fort successful coastal Malvan successful Sindhudurg district, collapsed connected August 26 amid dense rainfall and beardown winds. The absorption had slammed the ruling conjugation alleging corruption successful constructing the statue and demanded an investigation. While the authorities authorities has begun the process to physique a caller statue astatine the aforesaid location, the incidental has made politicians from each spectrum to marque it a constituent of inaugurating caller statues.
Leaders of different 2 ruling parties — Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — excessively person joined Shinde. Maharashtra’s tallest statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was unveiled astatine Raigad district’s Roha. The programme was organised by the Roha municipal assembly controlled by NCP authorities president and Raigad MP Sunil Tatkare. BJP LS MP from Satara and descendent of Shivaji Maharaj — Udayanraje Bhosle was contiguous connected the occasion.
The absorption is besides making a constituent by organising functions of unveiling of Maharaj’s statues. On September 29, Shiv Sena (UBT) main Uddhav Thackeray unveiled the statue astatine Kalmeshwar adjacent Nagpur. Congress person Sunil Kedar excessively joined the function. “It is (statue) not astir authorities oregon elections. Maharaj has near a large bequest for america and gathering a statue is our mode of extending our tributes to the king,” said Kedar.
On October 4, person of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha and elder Congress person Rahul Gandhi volition unveil the statue of Shivaji Maharaj successful Kolhapur’s Kasba Bavda area. The programme is organised by Congress MLC Satej Patil.
The absorption NCP leaders person been connected a Shiv swarajya yatra crossed the authorities arsenic a mentation for the upcoming polls wherever they guarantee to wage tributes to each statue of Maharaj successful a metropolis wherever the programme is planned.
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