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MUMBAI: The Congress has reiterated its objection to renaming Aurangabad even as its ally Shiv Sena said the name change would happen soon but the issue would not rock the coalition government in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra minister and state Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat had said two days ago that he would strongly oppose renaming the Aurangabad city in central Maharashtra as Sambhajinagar. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Thorat said the party revers Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as well as his son and successor Chhatrapati Sambhaji, but the issue of renaming should not be used for spreading hatred .
It was the Shiv Sena, which had first made the demand to rename Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar over two decades ago.
Opponents Want to Create Rift in Maharashtra Govt, Says Ajit Pawar on Aurangabad Renaming Issue
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In a veiled attack on the BJP, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Sunday said political opponents are trying to create a rift in the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) over the issue of renaming Aurangabad city as Sambhajinagar. He also told reporters that the three constituents in the ruling dispensation, which comprises the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, will take a decision on this issue.
When asked about the action initiated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against some political leaders in Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar said the action should not be taken as a political vendetta and should be without political intervention . Virodhak (opponents) are trying to create a rift in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) over the issue of renaming Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar. However, the three parties will sit together and take a decision on this issue,
The Shiv Sena had made the demand to rename Aurangabad to ‘Sambhajinagar’ more than two decades ago. The Maha Vikas Aghadi top brass. | File photo | Photo Credit: PTI
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Senior Sena leader Sanjay Raut exuded confidence that the matter would be resolved when all the MVA allies sit together for a discussion
Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat had on Thursday stressed that the Congress will oppose the proposal
A proposal for this had been passed in the general body meeting of the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation in June 1995
Mumbai: The ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’ in Maharashtra seems to be tested every now and then but the leading party in the government, the Shiv Sena, appears to be unperturbed by any hiccup that the administration faces with fellow allies Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party.
Two days after Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat said his party would strongly oppose any proposal that seeks to rename Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, the Shiv Sena on Saturday said its resistance will not affect the three-party MVA government in the state.