Thane: Several persons calling themselves ‘shivpremis’ protested in Kalyan in Thane district on Sunday against the remarks of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Koshyari, during a function in Aurangabad on Saturday, had called the legendary warrior king an icon of “olden times”, earning the ire of political parties in the state.
The citizens who assembled at Shivaji Chowk in Kalyan shouted slogans condemning Koshyari
In a related development, Nationalist Congress Party MLA Jitendra Awhad put out a tweet mentioning several films and plays in which the Maratha emperor was allegedly insulted.