BJP MLA, Narayan Kuche and over 40 supporters were arrested for installing a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji without permission in Maharashtra's Jalna district. BJP MLA and his supporters brought statue of Shivaji Maharaj to Pachod Ro in Amb town on Friday and installed it. police were alerted about this after status h been installed. Deputy Superintendent, CD Shivgan and local inspector, Anirudh Nandedkar along with a team rushed to location to stop installation which was unauthorised.

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People arrested for installation later released

statue has t been removed from spot and furr action would be taken after consultation with civic and district authorities, sources said. "y were arrested for act and later released. MLA did t have permission from authorities to install statue," said sub-inspector, Sugarve Chate of Amb police station. Narayan Kuche claimed that Amb Municipal Council h earlier passed a resolution to install statue and he was doing so due to public demand.

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Progress in Construction of Shivaji Memorial

Shiv Sena hit out at BJP-led Maharashtra government over construction of Shivaji Memorial on January 18 and asked why it was unsuccessful in putting its stand on issue before Supreme Court. This was despite fact that government never failed on or issues like 'buying wins' in elections, said Sena. Shiv Sena an ally in BJP-led government in Maharashtra compared Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's statue construction to Shivaji's memorial, saying that environmental or technical issues cropped up to stop work for Vallabhbhai Patel's statue.

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' Change in Memorial Location'

Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fnavis ruled out possibility of shifting proposed Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial from its present location in Arabian Sea off Mumbai coast. "re is reason for changing location (of Shivaji memorial). memorial will take shape at same place. We have (alrey) begun work," Fnavis said. question for changing location after one person died when a boat carrying 25 people capsized in Arabian Sea off Mumbai coast. incident happened when boat was heing to site of proposed memorial. trdy revived demand to shift project on land in city.

(Inputs from PTI )

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