Vijay Wadettiwar, the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra State Assembly, criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday over the Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse incident in Malvan, reported news agency ANI.

Commenting on the Prime Minister's visit to Maharashtra, Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar said, "The Prime Minister inaugurated the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue eight months ago, and now it has completely collapsed. The PM is coming to Maharashtra, and when Congress workers are asking for an apology from the PM on the streets for the Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse, they are being arrested," reported ANI.