UPDATED: January 13, 2021 16:09 IST
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at a government event on January 11 in Mumbai. His government has proposed to rename Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar ahead of civic polls in the city. (Photo: PTI)
On January 6, a tweet was posted from the official handle of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray referring to Aurangabad earlier known for being the nearest station for tourists heading to Ajanta-Ellora caves and now one of top commerce centres in the state as Sambhajinagar. This came as part of announcement of the decisions taken at the cabinet meeting that day. The post prominently carried a
Use of the photograph of a Congress leader and that too of the son of a former Maharashtra chief minister (late Vilasrao Deshmukh) for a demand that has been championed by the Shiv Sena and the one that does not feature in the common minimum programme of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government of Uddhav Thackeray was politically provoking.