Maharashtra Tourism Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha compared Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s exit from Agra prison to CM Eknath Shinde’s exit from the Thackeray camp. This has given rise to a new controversy.
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once again in maharashtra Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Controversy has started over the name of Today (30 November, Wednesday) on the occasion of Shivaji Pratap Day CM Eknath Shinde Along with Tourism Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha also reached the fort of Pratapgarh. On this occasion, he announced to give 25 crore rupees for the protection of Pratapgarh fort of Shivaji Maharaj. but speaking at the event Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha compared the incident of Shivaji Maharaj’s release from Agra imprisonment to CM Eknath Shinde’s rebellion and coming out of the Thackeray faction.
He said that the way Aurangzeb had imprisoned Shivaji Maharaj in Agra, similarly CM Eknath Shinde was imprisoned there. The way Shivaji Maharaj came out of Agra, in the same way CM Shinde also worked to come out of that prison.
Controversy increased like this, comparison of CM Shinde with Shivaji Maharaj is baseless
After this statement, a new controversy has arisen in Maharashtra. Aditya Thackeray said that Shivaji Maharaj’s exit from Agra is being compared with these traitors, it is an insult to Maharashtra. Efforts are on to continuously insult Maharashtra.
Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Ajit Pawar advised the Shinde-Fadnavis government to rein in their statements. They constantly go to say something, speak something. If one is silent then the second one starts, if the second one stops then the third one starts. In these, the competition of repeating mistakes again and again has started. Can Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj be compared with anyone? There is no rhyme or reason in their words.
The tourism minister himself clarified, did not compare, there is no truth in the allegations of the opposition
Responding to this, CM Eknath Shinde said that Mangal Prabhat Lodha did not say anything that could be disputed. His words are being misinterpreted. He clearly said that Shivaji Maharaj is like God for him. He cannot be compared with anyone. Giving his clarification on this whole controversy, Tourism Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha said that he did not compare CM Shinde with Chhatrapati Shivaji, he only mentioned the Agra incident. After Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, all three have done the same work.
The Governor mentioned Nitin Gadkari along with the mention of Shivaji Maharaj. He described Shivaji Maharaj as the old ideal and Gadkari as the new ideal. Sudhanshu Trivedi got Shivaji Maharaj’s letter to Aurangzeb matched with Savarkar’s letter to the British. Now Mangal Prabhat Lodha has referred to the exit of CM Shinde leaving the Thackeray group and Shivaji Maharaj’s exit from Agra imprisonment.
Source: www.tv9hindi.com”