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| Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders (from left) Balasaheb Thorat, Uddhav Thackeray, Ajit Pawar, Ashok Chavan and Nana Patole during a press conference, at Devgiri Bungalow, in Mumbai, India, on Monday, December 05, 2022. |
Mumbai will be witnessing a massive protest on December 17, as announced by the Maharashtra opposition party – Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), against the Eknath Shinde government over a number of issues including Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari's controversial remark on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and border dispute with Karnataka.
Addressing a press conference on December 5, MVA leader and former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray said, "On this 17th Dec, we will hold a 'Morcha' from Jijamata Udyan to Azad Maidan in Mumbai against the current state government and demands to remove Maharashtra's Governor. I appeal to all those who love Maharashtra to come together against those who have insulted the state."
- Slamming the Shinde-led government over the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute row, Thackeray said, "Karnataka has been asking for our areas, villages and even Jath, Solapur will they ask our Pandarpur Vithoba too' This raises one question – is there any govt in Maharashtra' Like before the Gujarat elections, some businesses were shifted there, so before the Karnataka elections will our villages be given to Karnataka'".
NCP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly said, "Controversial comments are repeatedly being made against historical figures of Maharashtra such as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Savitribai Phule and Jyotiba Phule. The state government has lost some mega investment projects to Gujarat but failed to receive anything for Maharashtra."
Notably, Maharashtra Governor Koshiyari is in the eye of a political storm after he dubbed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj 'an icon of olden times' earlier in November, a remark which triggered demands for his removal from office.
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