The Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), Sambhaji Brigade and a few different clothes have known as for a bandh in Maharashtra’s Pune town today. This bandh is known as for you to condemn the announcement made through Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari approximately Maratha warrior King Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. A traders’ frame in Pune, Fatehchand Ranka, president of the Federation of Traders Associations of Pune (FATP), has determined to increase guide to today’s ‘bandh’ and hold stores closed through three pm, information organization PTI has reported.
“Following the attraction made through those parties, an inner assembly of all of the individuals of the federation changed into organised and it changed into determined to guide the bandh through maintaining the stores closed until three pm on Tuesday,” Ranka stated. Essential services, petrol pumps and CNG pumps will continue to be operational today.
What did Governor say?
While addressing a feature at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University in Aurangabad ultimate month, the Maharashtra Governor had stated, “If a person asks who your idol is, you do not need to exit seeking out one. You will discover them proper right here in Maharashtra. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj has turn out to be an vintage idol now, you may discover new ones — from Babasaheb Ambedkar to (Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways) Nitin Gadkari.
An emotive and iconic determine in Maharashtra, transcending political affiliations, the Governor’s commentary at the Maratha warrior did now no longer cross down nicely with leaders. The announcement sparked a huge furore and drew censure from Maratha enterprises and competition leaders alike.
The NCP and the Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena had been traumatic strict motion in opposition to human beings in excessive workplaces who’ve made insulting references to Chhatrapati Shivaji. Raising the problem in Lok Sabha, NCP member Amol Kolhe and Shiv Sena (Thackeray faction) chief Vinayal Raut stated insulting references to Shivaji will now no longer be tolerated.
“Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is respected as a terrific man or woman now no longer best in Maharashtra however withinside the complete country. It is unlucky that human beings maintaining constitutional posts had been making insulting references to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj repeatedly,” Raut stated.
BJP MP and Shivaji Maharaj’s descendent Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhonsle had additionally written to PM Modi approximately the incident. In the letter to PM Modi, he wrote, “I would love to deliver in your word the irresponsible comments made through the Governor and Sudhanshu Trivedi with regard to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and following that the cascading impact of lucid and derogatory feedback made through accountable human beings of the party, of which I too take place to be a member, and has been entrusted a Rajya Sabha seat”.
Notably, on December three, Bhonsle had additionally arrived on the Raigad Fort in Maharashtra to specific his protest in opposition to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari and BJP chief Sudhanshu Trivedi over their alleged comments on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. On the entire incident, the Governor wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah declaring he could by no means believe even in his dream to insult icons like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
“I can’t even believe in my goals to insult icons like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maharana Pratap and Shri Guru Govind Singh. You are conscious that I do now no longer hesitate to specific regrets or apologise right away even supposing I by chance made a mistake,” Koshyari said withinside the letter addressed to Shah dated 6 December.
Meanwhile, the competition Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) withinside the Maharashtra meeting has introduced a huge protest march in Mumbai on December 17 in opposition to the Eknath Shinde authorities for insulting Shivaji Maharaj and at the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute even as additionally traumatic to dispose of Maharashtra’s Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari over his debatable commentary over Shivaji.