BJP to hold its own protest to counter MVA's march in Mumbai on Saturday

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party BJP would organize its own protest in Mumbai on Saturday demanding apology from the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA for insulting Dr B R Ambedkar and Hindu deities it announcedThe Shiv Sena UBT Nationalist Congress Party and Congress which are partners in the MVA have already announced that they would take out a morcha protest march against the Maharashtra government in the city on SaturdayMumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar told reporters on Friday that Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut tried to create a controversy over Ambedkars birthplace while another leader Sushma Andhare insulted Lord Ram Lord Krishna saint Dynaneshwar and saint Eknath as well as the Warkari communityIs this not antiMaharashtra he askedAlso Read Maharashtra Opposition govt in war of words ahead of MVA morchaDespite his partys leaders insulting Hindu gods and hurting Hindu sentiments Uddhav Thackeray was not ready to break his silence Shelar saidWhy conduct the farce of a protest march he askedShelar a former minister alleged that Raut made a false statement that Ambedkar was born in Maharashtra which was an attempt to create controversy over his birthplaceCongress defeated Ambedkar in elections in the past and Uddhav Thackeray joined hands with the Congress to form government Hence Maafi Maango apologise marches have been organised in all six Lok Sabha constituencies in Mumbai he saidDr B R Ambedkar was born in Mhow Madhya PradeshReacting to the BJPs allegations Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole said the BJP was terrified of the MVAs scheduled protest march as it would bring to the fore the unrest among the peopleThe BJPs protest march is laughable he said adding that the ruling party did not act against governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari its leaders Mangal Prabhat Lodha and Sudhanshu Trivedi and others who insulted Chhatrapati Shivaji MaharajSanjay Rau said the MVAs protest march is against injustice meted out to Maharashtra insults of the states icons like Shivaji Maharaj and Mahatma Phule and atrocities against Marathispeakers in border areas of Karnataka as well as industrial projects being taken out of the stateThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever