Addressing the gathering, Fadnavis said, ''In earlier days, political leaders were invited for Marathi Natya Sammelan. It used to create controversies and grab headlines.
Praising the organisers of the 100th Marathi Natya Sammelan, Eknath Shinde said, “This is a grand event. It is not easy to sustain such events for 100 years.”
The PCMC was forced to backtrack as Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, responding to the actor's speech, too described the hike in rent of auditoriums as “incorrect.''