Nagpur: Nationalist Congress Party, Nagpur city activists and office bearers protested at Variety Chowk Gandhi statue over Governor Koshyari’s controversial remarks. Under the leadership of NCP City President Duneshwar Pethe a protest demonstration was conducted against Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari over his derogatory remarks on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is a hero of earlier times, he had controversially said this in his speech. NCP activists and office bearers who strongly condemned the remarks resorted to sloganeering and demaded his ouster.
Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi too in his speech, said that letters had been written by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to Aurangzeb on 5 occasions and the former had asked for forgiveness. The activists condemned BJP and shouted slogans such as Bharatiya Janata Party Murdabad.
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The activists also demanded Sudhanshu Trivedi’s resignation. Pravin Kunte Patil, Raman Thaokar, Afzal Farooqui, Prashant Pawar, Ramesh Phule, Varsha Shamkule, Mahadevrao Fuke Laxmi Sawarkar, Shrikant Ghogare, Shailendra Tiwari, Nutan Rewatkar, Satish Itkelwar, Santosh Singh, Sukhdev Wanjari, Rizwan Ansari, Shiv Bende, Raja Baig, Devendra Gharde, Arvind Bhajipale, Ravi Parate, Rajesh Patil, Wasim Lala, Dinkar Wankhede, Anand Singh, Ashutosh Belekar, Nankishore Mate, Kanija Begum, Prashant Bankar, Rekha Kupale, Milind Mahadevkar, Pinky Sharma, Rajesh Sharma, Hemant Bhotmange, Praveen Kale, Nitin Bakde, Laxman Balbude, Zakir Sheikh, Amit Pichkate, Sanjay Vani, Sushat Pali, Pukhraj Shrishad, Vinod Kawle, Sufi Tiger, Brahmanand Maske, Manish Bhai, Prakash Sakhre, Arshad Ansari, Shamim Ahmed, SB Ahmed , Nagesh Wankhede, Nisar Ali, Vijay Gawande, Sangita Khobragade, Sushant Moon, Kapil Narnavare, Dheeraj Kshirsagar, Akash Chimankar and other office bearers and activists were prominently present during the protest demonstration.
