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In a recorded video, Rana reminded the SP leader that the state he represents was once ruled by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj
BJP leader Navneet Rana. (PTI file photo)
BJP leader Navneet Rana on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Abu Asim Azmi, demanding the demolition of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s grave in response to Azmi’s praise for the ruler.
In a recorded video, Rana reminded the SP leader that the state he represents was once ruled by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj.
“The state in which you are elected to sit in the Assembly for 5 years was ruled by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj… People like you should watch ‘Chhava’ movie to see what Aurangzeb did with our king,” Rana said in the video, criticising the SP leader.
She further urged the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government to take action, drawing parallels between the renaming of Aurangabad to Sambhaji Nagar and the need to remove Aurangzeb’s grave.
#WATCH | Mumbai | On Samajwadi Party leader and Maharashtra MLA Abu Azmi’s remarks about Aurangzeb, BJP leader Navneet Rana says, “… The state in which you are elected to sit in the Assembly for 5 years was ruled by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Chhatrapati Sambhaji… pic.twitter.com/oKcZPTRL8P— ANI (@ANI) March 4, 2025
“I want to request Maharashtra government that the way Aurangabad’s name was changed and kept after our God Sambhaji Maharaj, Aurangzeb’s grave should also be demolished,” the BJP leader asserted.
Aurangzeb’s grave is located in Khuldabad, in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district.
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