Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar refused to apologise for his statement that Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj should be called Swarajya Rakshak instead of Dharamveer.
Ajit Pawar said that the Bharatiya Janata Party protest against him while they were silent when the Maharashtra Governor and many other leaders disrespected heroes like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
He further added that the word Dharmveer is used widely, therefore Chhatrapati Shambhaji Maharaj should be addressed as Swarajya Rakshak. If you google and search Dharmveer a lot of people use it as their designation. So if I said Chhatrapati Shambhaji Maharaj is not a Dharmveer I was not wrong because Shambhaji Maharaj is one. I stand by my statement, Pawar added.
He said that movies are released under the name of Dharmveer and now as per news Dharmveer 2 will be released. So, the Dharmveer word is used by everyone nowadays. Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj is a Swaraj Rakshak. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj found Hindavi Swarajya and Sambhaji Maharaj continued it after Shivaji Maharaj. Pawar Added.