Taking strong umbrage at the discomfiture to the Indian Prime Minister, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said while the BJP and its spokespersons cannot be said to speak on behalf of India, they ended up bringing disgrace to the country.
The Shiv Sena and the Congress, which are ruling allies in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, on Sunday sparred over renaming Aurangabad city, with the Uddhav Thackeray-led party saying it is not secular behaviour if one finds cruel and religiously blind Mughal emperor Aurangzeb dear . Hitting back, the Congress accused the Sena and the opposition BJP of playing politics over renaming and asked them why they did not they remember the issue while they were in power in Maharashtra for the past five years.
Maharashtra Congress president Balasaheb Thorat, however, maintained that the MVA government of the Sena, NCP and Congress in the state is stable.
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PTI
MUMBAI: The Congress has reiterated its objection to renaming Aurangabad even as its ally Shiv Sena said the name change would happen soon but the issue would not rock the coalition government in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra minister and state Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat had said two days ago that he would strongly oppose renaming the Aurangabad city in central Maharashtra as Sambhajinagar. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Thorat said the party revers Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as well as his son and successor Chhatrapati Sambhaji, but the issue of renaming should not be used for spreading hatred .
It was the Shiv Sena, which had first made the demand to rename Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar over two decades ago.