Will not sit quiet until the government is changed in Maharashtra in the next two months: Sharad Pawar

Mumbai. Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) President Sharad Pawar said that the opposition will not sit quiet until the ‘Mahayuti’ government is removed from power in Maharashtra in the next two months and a new government is formed on the ideals of Chhatrapati Shivaji. Addressing party workers in Ghatkopar, Mumbai, Pawar criticized the state government over the incident of the collapse of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of the Maratha Empire, in Sindhudurg district on August 26. He said that the people in power in the state have no ‘faith’ in Shivaji Maharaj. Pawar said, “I assure you (party workers) that if you show your unity, we will not sit quiet until the government is changed in Maharashtra in the next two months and a new government is formed that protects the interests of the people on the ideals of Shivaji Maharaj.” There has been a controversy in the state over the fall of the statue of Shivaji Maharaj installed in Rajkot Fort in Malvan tehsil. The opposition has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti of ‘corruption’ and ‘insult’ to Shivaji. Earlier in the day, Pawar joined the protest march taken out by the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) from Hutatma Chowk to the Gateway of India in south Mumbai over the incident of the fall of Shivaji’s statue. Elections for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will likely be held in October or November.