The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena's Pune unit staged a protest against Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi on Wednesday, saying his remarks praising Aurangzeb were an insult to Maharashtra's pride, reported the PTI.

Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb's atrocities against Hindus and his attempts to impose religious conversion cannot be glorified and Abu Asim Azmi should be booked on charges of treason, Shiv Sena city president Pramod Nana Bhangire said, as per the PTI.