Uddhav Thackeray on PM's Shivaji statue collapse apology: Smacked of arrogance

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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray charged at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the latter's apology on the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg, claiming that it 'smacked of arrogance'...

Addressing a gathering at Gateway of India, where the protest march culminated, Thackeray asserted that the people of Maharashtra will never forgive the insult to the legendary warrior king...

On Friday, PM Modi apologised over the statue collapse, saying, "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is not just a name or a king..

During the agitation, called 'jode maro andolan' (hitting with slippers), Uddhav Thackeray joined Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress leaders to hit a poster of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar with footwear...

It is an insult to all Shiv premis (followers of the warrior king)," Pawar said.. Nana Patole trained guns at the Mahayuti government led by Eknath Shinde, saying much before the PM, the Opposition had sought forgiveness from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj for allowing such a "Shiv drohi" government to come to power...

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