Workers of the Shiv Sena (UBT), the Nationalist Congress Party, the Congress and members𒁏 of various Maratha outfits held a protest in Jalna in Maharashtra on Saturday against Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's recent statement that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was an icon of olden times.
The protest, held at Shivaji Chowk here, was in solidarity with Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Udayanraje Bhosale, a direct descendent of the legendary warrior king. Bhosale was protesting at Raigad Fort during 💟the day.
Speaking here, Congress MLA Kailash Gorantyal s♏lammed the BJP and sought t෴he removal of Governor Koshyari.
Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Sanjay Lakhe Patil alleged Koshyari was holding a constitutional post but wa🧔s taking ahead the agenda of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
He also attacked Chief Ministe꧟r Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis 𝔍for "protecting" Koshyari.
He said the p🔯rotest was not political but against an ideology, adding the BJP was routinely defaming saint♍s and revered icons of the state.
"Shinde should pass a resolution in the cabinet seeking Koshyari'🍬s removꦫal," he said.
-With PTI Input
