Through PTI
PUNE: Most department stores and companies remained closed in Pune town on Tuesday morning based on a choice for `bandh’ (shut-down) given by way of opposition events to protest feedback towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and different iconic leaders of the state.
Whilst the ruling Bharatiya Janata Birthday party in Maharashtra has now not supported the bandh name, its Rajya Sabha member Udayanraje Bhosale, a descendant of Shivaji Maharaj, joined a silent march arranged by way of the protesters.
The march started at Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj’s statue and would finish on the Lal Mahal within the town. Shiv Sena chief Sushma Andhare additionally participated within the march.
The Congress, Nationalist Congress Birthday party (NCP), Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), Sambhaji Brigade and a few different outfits are supporting the bandh.
The bandh name used to be firstly given to protest Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s arguable remark at a public serve as the place he described Shivaji Maharaj, the founding father of the Maratha empire, as an “icon of olden instances”.
Final week state minister and BJP chief Chandrakant Patil’s remark that Dr B R Ambedkar and social reformer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule “begged” to other folks for cash to start out instructional establishments as an alternative of in quest of executive assist used to be additionally perceived as insulting and drew protests.
Previous, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi’s remark that Shivaji Maharaj had `apologised’ to Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb had evoked offended reactions within the state.
The Agriculture Produce Marketplace Committee (APMC) in Pune additionally remained closed on Tuesday. A neighborhood buyers’ frame has prolonged toughen to the bandh by way of conserving the department stores closed until 3 pm.
Officers of the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal stated that almost all of its buses had been plying at the roads. Best 10 in keeping with cent of buses had been pulled off the roads, an legitimate stated.
PUNE: Most department stores and companies remained closed in Pune town on Tuesday morning based on a choice for `bandh’ (shut-down) given by way of opposition events to protest feedback towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and different iconic leaders of the state.
Whilst the ruling Bharatiya Janata Birthday party in Maharashtra has now not supported the bandh name, its Rajya Sabha member Udayanraje Bhosale, a descendant of Shivaji Maharaj, joined a silent march arranged by way of the protesters.
The march started at Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj’s statue and would finish on the Lal Mahal within the town. Shiv Sena chief Sushma Andhare additionally participated within the march.
The Congress, Nationalist Congress Birthday party (NCP), Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), Sambhaji Brigade and a few different outfits are supporting the bandh.
The bandh name used to be firstly given to protest Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s arguable remark at a public serve as the place he described Shivaji Maharaj, the founding father of the Maratha empire, as an “icon of olden instances”.
Final week state minister and BJP chief Chandrakant Patil’s remark that Dr B R Ambedkar and social reformer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule “begged” to other folks for cash to start out instructional establishments as an alternative of in quest of executive assist used to be additionally perceived as insulting and drew protests.
Previous, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi’s remark that Shivaji Maharaj had `apologised’ to Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb had evoked offended reactions within the state.
The Agriculture Produce Marketplace Committee (APMC) in Pune additionally remained closed on Tuesday. A neighborhood buyers’ frame has prolonged toughen to the bandh by way of conserving the department stores closed until 3 pm.
Officers of the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal stated that almost all of its buses had been plying at the roads. Best 10 in keeping with cent of buses had been pulled off the roads, an legitimate stated.
