‘I Bow My Head…’: PM Modi Apologises For Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Statue Collapse
Earlier this week, on August 26, a 35-foot statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the 17th-century Maratha empire founder, installed at Rajkot Fort premises collapsed on August 26, nearly nine months after it was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
High Minister Narendra Modi Friday apologised to the devotees of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj after a currently-built statue of the warrior king collapsed in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district beforehand this week.
Speaking on the statue fall down which has sparked protests by the Congress-led opposition in Maharashtra, Modi cited he apologises to these that worship Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as their deity and were deeply harm by the incident.
“Human beings who recall Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as their deity and were deeply harm, I bow my head and apologise to them. Our values are exotic. For us, nothing is better than our deity,” the High Minister cited.
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— ANI (@ANI) August 30, 2024
Congress needs PM’s apology
For the measurement of the past, the Congress stepped up its attack on the ruling NDA dispensation in Maharashtra and demanded a public apology from PM Modi over the fall down of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue.
The Congress put up posters at principally principally a large quantity areas demanding an apology from the High Minister. The posters depicted the PM inaugurating the statue alongside a few of the photo exhibiting the collapsed construction.
For the measurement of the past this week, on August 26, a 35-foot statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the Seventeenth-century Maratha empire founder, installed at Rajkot Fortress premises collapsed on August 26, virtually 9 months after it became unveiled by High Minister Narendra Modi, triggering a political storm contained in the kingdom, which is due for polls contained in the following few months.
Shinde apologises amid protests
On Thursday, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde additionally apologised for the fall down, announcing that he would now not hesitate to contact the feet of the warrior king 100 cases and apologise for the incident if required.
The Maharashtra government has deploy a technical committee to in discovering out causes for the fall down when as members of the ruling Nationalist Congress Get together (NCP), led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, staged silent protests for the time of Maharashtra over the incident.
“Chhatrapati Shivaji is a patron deity of Maharashtra. I am outfitted to contact his feet 100 cases and apologise (for the statue crash). I will now not lower lower to come again from apologising. Our government capabilities keeping his (Shivaji’s) ideals in memories,” Shinde insisted.
Shinde’s remarks bought here a day after Ajit Pawar apologised to the folk of the kingdom for the fall down of the construction which became installed contained in the coastal district’s Malvan tehsil, around 480km from Mumbai.
(With PTI inputs)
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