BJP demands Rahul’s penance for Nehru’s ‘insult’ to Shivaji | India News – Times of India

PUNE: BJP‘s Maharashtra unit on Tuesday demanded that Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi ‘do penance’ for Jawaharlal Nehru‘s statement “insulting Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj”.
“Rahul Gandhi should come to Maharashtra and apologise for Jawaharlal Nehru’s statement that insulted Shivaji Maharaj by calling him a misguided patriot and a treacherous plunderer,” the party’s chief spokesperson Keshav Upadhye said at a press conference here.
On Monday, Sena (UBT) spokesperson Sanjay Raut had pointed out that Nehru had apologised for the remarks he had made in his book ‘Discovery of India’, that he had written while being in jail.
Raut added that Nehru had said that he had made the mistake as he lacked the reference for his book due to his incarceration.
Upadhye said Congress, NCP (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar and Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray were creating unrest in the state by politicising the legacy of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj after a mishap that damaged his statue.
Upadhye urged political leaders to respect Shivaji’s legacy and stop exploiting his name for political gains which he claimed has led to social unrest in the state.