‘Did not spare even Shivaji’: Maharashtra Opposition alleges corruption after statue collapses
The statue of 17th century ruler Shivaji in Sindhudurg was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December.
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The Opposition in Maharashtra on Monday said that the state government was responsible for the collapse of a statue of 17th century ruler Shivaji in Sindhudurg district.
The 35-foot statue at the Rajkot Fort in the Malvan region collapsed on Monday afternoon amid heavy rainfall and strong winds. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Navy Day in December.
Supriya Sule, a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), said that the statue’s collapse was an insult to Shivaji.
“It is obvious that the work of this statue was of poor quality, which is why the statue collapsed before completing a year,” the Lok Sabha MP said. “This is an open deception by the prime minister. There is a need for a thorough investigation to look into the inferior quality of the statue.”
Jayant Patil, the Maharashtra chief of Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), said that the state’s Mahayuti government was responsible for the incident “as it did not take proper care” of the structure.
The Mahayuti alliance consists of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party group.
“The government paid little attention to the quality of work,” The Indian Express quoted Patil as saying. “It only focused on conducting an event where...
