Oppn fires fresh salvo against Mahayuti over Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse

The Opposition parties trained their guns at the Mahayuti government following the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse in Sidhudurg district The leaders slammed the incumbent government over the poor quality of work Some leaders accused the government of not taking proper care of the 35footlong statue that collapsed on Monday afternoonOn August 26 a 35footlong statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharajwhich is located at Rajkot Fort in Sindhudurgs Malvancollapsed within a year of its inauguration The statue was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 4 2023 on Navy DayShivaji Maharaj statue collapse Oppn slams MahayutiNationalist Congress Party SP state chief Jayant Patil held the government responsible for the Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse He said The state government is responsible for the collapse as it did not take proper care The government paid little attention to the quality of work It only focused on conducting an event where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was invited to unveil the statueThis Maharashtra government only issues new tenders accepts commissions and gives contracts accordingly Patil addedShiv Sena UBT MLA Vaibhav Naik too criticised the Mahayuti government over the Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse He alleged that the work of the statue was of poor qualityThe state government may try to evade responsibility People responsible for the construction and erection of the statue must be probed thoroughly he saidSena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi raised questions regarding the incident as well She took to X formerly Twitter and said The statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj erected at Sindhudurg collapsed today Modiji had inaugurated the structure in December last yearShe further wrote Who was the contractor Is it correct that the work was given to a Thanebased contractor What action will be taken against the contractor How much lsquokhokersquo did the contractor pass on to the lsquokhoke SarkarrsquoThe statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj erected at Sindhudurg collapsed today Modiji had inaugurated the structure in December last year who was the contractor is it correct that the work was given to a Thane based contractor what action will be taken against thehellip pictwittercomoHxxdgMCpfmdash Priyanka Chaturvedi priyankac19 August 26 2024Meanwhile Kerala Congress tweeted KADI NINDA ALERT The 35foot statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj proudly unveiled by coalition dealer Narendra Modi at a fort in Sindhudurg district eight months ago collapsed todayThey said We humbly request everyone to do Kadi Ninda to strongly condemn the reckless act of strong winds that seem determined to tarnish Modijirsquos reputation Clearly even nature is getting too political these days People visiting the worlds tallest statue made in China by Modiji shouldnt panic or worryKADI NINDA ALERT The 35foot statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj proudly unveiled by coalition dealer Narendra Modi at a fort in Sindhudurg district eight months ago collapsed todayWe humbly request everyone to do Kadi Ninda to strongly condemn the reckless act ofhellip pictwittercomKKuWyYcLuHmdash Congress Kerala INCKerala August 26 2024Former Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray said that he felt great pain in his heart seeing the Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse He wrote in his social media post We will never tolerate the insult of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj who is our and all Maharashtras idol Chhatrapati Shivajis memorial in Malvan which was built in haste keeping the elections in sight and inaugurated by Modi ji collapsed today in just 8 monthsSlamming the Mahayuti government he wrote Today when we saw the statue of our Maharaj falling down I felt great pain in my heart The Mindhe regime and the poisonous snake called BJP which insulted the Maharaja must now bite Every image of Chhatrapati Shivarai who is the pride of Maharashtra should be taken care of hellip pictwittercomgHPJFgCliYmdash Aaditya Thackeray AUThackeray August 26 2024 pictwittercomhOxIEMlH9lmdash ShivSena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray ShivSenaUBT_ August 26 2024 hellip pictwittercomfqa8nF6gvLmdash Nana Patole NANA_PATOLE August 26 2024Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse Deepak Kesarkar says through probe to be held new statue to be erected at same locationMaharashtra Minister Deepak Kesarkar said I dont have all the details about the incident However its important to note that PWD Minister Ravindra Chavan also the guardian minister of Sindhudurg district has said a thorough investigation will be conducted in the matterWe are committed to erecting a new statue at the same location This statue unveiled by PM Modi pays tribute to Shivaji Maharajs visionary efforts in building a sea fort We will take all necessary steps to address this matter promptly and effectively he said