Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari (PTI)
Sources told CNN-News18 that a decision is likely to be made after discussion with allies. But the party ‘extremely upset with the tone and tenor’ of the letter written by the governor.
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The Shiv Sena is considering writing to President Ram Nath Kovind to call for the removal of Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari a day after a ‘war of letters’ broke out between him and the government over the reopening of religious sites during the gradual uprising. of the closure of Covid-19.
Sources told CNN-News18 that a decision is likely to be made after discussion with allies. But the party “extremely upset with the tone and tenor” of the letter written by the governor.
In his letter, Koshyari had mentioned that he had received three representations from delegations demanding the reopening of places of religious worship. In response, Thackeray pointed out that it was a coincidence that the three letters Koshyari mentioned were from officials and supporters of the BJP.
Koshyari also asked Thackeray, “Have you suddenly become secular?” In response to this question, Thackeray wondered if for Koshyari Hindutva meant simply reopening places of religious worship and if not opening them was for him to be secular.
“Isn’t secularism a key component of the Constitution, by which you were sworn in while taking the oath as governor of the state,” Thackeray said. “While people’s feelings and beliefs are considered, it is also important to take care of their lives and it is wrong to impose and suddenly lift the lockdown,” he said in the letter full of sarcasm.
With a strong objection to the governor’s words, the CM said that he does not need lessons about Hindutva from anyone, adding that the state government will consider his request to reopen these places.
A veteran of RSS, Koshyari has been vice president of the BJP and the first president of that party’s unit in Uttarakhand.
The head of the NCP, Sharad Pawar, was also surprised by the “intemperate” language used by Koshyari. On Tuesday, the leader wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the letter to ally Uddhav Thackeray.
Pawar described it as an “erosion of the standards of conduct of the governor’s office.” “Unfortunately, the letter from the Hon. Governor to the Chief Minister invokes the connotation as if it were written for the leader of a political party,” Pawar said in a tweet, after delivering the letter to Modi.
“In the preamble of our Constitution, the word ‘secular’ is added that equates and protects all religions and, therefore, the president of the Chief Minister must uphold such principles of the Constitution,” said the head of the PCN, adding you have conveyed your views. to Modi regarding Koshyari’s letter.
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