The Shiv Sena on Sunday revived its demand for a life-size statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the front courtyard of CSMT premises and said they would raise the issue in Parliament to get it done as early as possible. While the ruling party is making a strong case for the statue, the bronze sculpture of Shivaji Maharaj which was meant to be placed near CSMT is lying abandoned in a workshop at Wadi Bunder.

A team of JJ artists had been working on a 25-feet tall statue since 2016. The original plan was to place the statue in front of platform 18 near the entry-exit on P D'Mello Road. But after spending R60 lakh on the project, the funding was stopped citing an Indian Railways (IR) 1970s circular (mid-day has a copy).