Shivaji statue deseceration: Maharashtra CM looks for PM’s intercession

The Maharashtra government has responded strongly to the spoiling of the sculpture of Chhatrapati Shivaji on Sankey Tank Road in Bengaluru with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray asking the Center to take cognisance of the issue.

Maharashtra’s Maha Vikas Aghadi government has likewise emphasized its help to individuals from the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti. Later the episode, there were fights in the lining locale of Kolhapur and Sangli of the state. Thackeray looked for the mediation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in halting what he depicted as “Kannada barbarities “and “sick person attitude”. Thackeray said Modi should guide the Karnataka government to make a move. He said the episode can’t be trifled with.