Maharashtra BJP MLA calls for celebration on date as per Hindu calendar

BJP MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar on Monday asked the Maharashtra government to consider celebrating Shiv Jayanti as per tithi on a day Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray took part in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharajs birth anniversary celebrations as per the Hindu calendarSpeaking in the Lower House Mungantiwar demanded that the government place a photograph of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the premises of the state legislature building so that legislators can pay their respect to the 17thcentury warrior king as per the tithiDeputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar maintained that the government celebrates the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on February 19 the official birth date He said Thackeray took part in a Shiv Jayanti programme on Monday in his capacity as the Shiv Sena presidentThe government celebrates the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on February 19 official birth date But members of all the parties can pay respect to the king by bowing before his statue in the legislature premises when his birth anniversary is celebrated as per the tithi Pawar saidEarlier in the day Thackeray took part in an event as Shiv Sena celebrated the Shiv Jayanti as per the Hindu calendarThe chief minister who is the head of the state is celebrating the anniversary as per the tithi I took information from government officials who said that tithi is unacceptable to them So we are in a dilemmaThis is not a good situation Mungantiwar saidHe said there is no harm in paying respect to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj by bowing before the latters photograph every dayIf the chief minister and legislators of the Shiv Sena BJP and other parties are celebrating the birth anniversary as per the tithi the government too should arrange for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharajs photograph for members to pay respect in the legislature premises Mungantiwar demandedResponding to the BJP MLA Pawar said that when Mungantiwar was finance minister in the previous BJP government Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharajs photograph was not kept in the premises of the legislature for paying tributes to the king as per the Hindu calendarIt is a universal truth that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is our deity There is no second opinion about it Pawar saidHe added as per records Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was born on February 19 in 1630 and every year the chief minister attends birth anniversary events at the Shivneri Fort on that dayThe chief minister has taken part in a Shiv Jayanti programme today in his capacity as the Shiv Sena president Pawar addedThe Sena heads the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi government in which NCP and Congress are the two other constituentsHe said members of any party can celebrate Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharajs birth anniversary as per the tithi if they want to They can go to the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji and pay their respects he addedLater Thackeray and Pawar were seen paying floral tributes to a portrait of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the legislature building premises near the warrior kings statue to mark the birth anniversaryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever