The Shivaji vs Aurangzeb debate has triggered a recent political storm in Maharashtra, particularly after Samajwadi Get together MLA Abu Azmi’s comment praising the Mughal ruler. Azmi was final week suspended from the Maharashtra legislative meeting until the tip of the price range session on March 26 over his remarks praising Aurangzeb. Now, an RTI has revealed that the Maharashtra authorities offers annual monetary assist of Rs 6,030 (Rs 500 monthly) to the belief managing the Chhatrapati Shivaji temple whereas the Central authorities’s Archeological Survey of India spends Rs 2 lakh yearly on the administration of the Aurangzeb’s tomb. This has additional fuelled the controversy with folks questioning the ignorance in the direction of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
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Earlier, BJP’s Satara MP Udayanraje Bhosale, a descendant of Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, had sought the removing of Aurangzeb’s tomb situated in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district.
Reacting to the demand, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis stated that everybody feels Mughal king Aurangzeb’s tomb in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar needs to be eliminated, nevertheless it must be finished underneath the purview of regulation because the earlier Congress regime put the location underneath ASI’s safety.
“All of us additionally need the identical factor, however you’ll want to do it inside the framework of the regulation, as a result of it’s a protected web site. The positioning was put underneath ASI’s (Archaeological Survey of India) safety in the course of the Congress regime some years again,” stated Fadnavis.
