Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held separate protests in Maharashtra's Mumbai on Sunday in connection with the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue.
The Mumbai police have tightened security in the area in response to the Maha Vikas Aghadi's (MVA) call for a protest march following the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue.
The MVA will hold a protest march today from Hutatma Chowk to the Gateway of India on Sunday. Police and other security personnel have been deployed throughout the city.
Maharashtra Deputy CM on Friday lambasted opposition for its "pettiness" over the collapse of the Shivaji statue at Sindhudurg after Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologised to the people of Maharashtra who were hurt by the collapse.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor alleged that the collapse of the Shivaji statue in Maharashtra is a "poor reflection of the government's commitment to serious results."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he bow his head and apologise to the people of Maharashtra who were hurt by the collapse of the Shivaji statue at Sindhudurg.
Stepping up her attacks on PM Narendra Modi, Congress leader Varsha Gaikwad on Friday demanded an apology from the Prime Minister over the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse in Malvan, Mahrashtra.
Leader of Opposition of Maharashtra State Assembly, Vijay Wadettiwar criticised BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday over the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue in Malvan.
Youth Congress leaders and other party workers were detained by Mumbai police on Friday for protesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the city and demanding a public apology from him over the collapse of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar visited the incident site in Malvan where the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue collapsed on August 26.
Chetan Patil, the structural consultant of the Shivaji Maharaj statue that collapsed in the Malvan area of Sindhudurg, has been arrested from Kolhapur, said senior officials of Kolhapur Police.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said that the state government is taking decisions on war-footing for the reconstruction of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and two committees have been formed including that to investigate the collapse of the statue in Malvan