Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of insulting Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole demanded the resignation of the Saffron party's MLAs and MPs.
According to a report of PTI, addressing a press conference, Patole also said the farmers whose crops have been damaged due to unseasonal rains are not getting compensation even as they paid a premium to insurance companies.
Patole said Congress has been asking farmers who have paid premium to submit their papers in every taluka/ tehsil. He said the Congress party will seek answers from these crop insurance companies.
State Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari ji, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi passed remarks against Shivaji Maharaj. (BJP minister Mangal Prabhat) Lodha, went a step further in this. My appeal is that the MLAs and MPs of the BJP, which has been inspired by the ideals of Chhatrapati Shivaji, should resign if they have any respect for Shivaji Maharaj, Patole said.
On the one hand, you praise Shivaji Maharaj, while on the other you insult him. You do not have the right to stay in the government, he said.