Raut seeks CM Shinde's resignation

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde over the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue in Sindhudurg district, and alleged a scam in its construction.

He also claimed that even Aurangzeb and Mughals



did not insult Shivaji Maharaj in such a manner.

The 35-foot statue of the 17th century Maratha warrior king, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rajkot fort in Malvan tehsil of Sindhudurg on Navy Day (December 4) last year, collapsed on Monday afternoon