If BMC chairman Phirozshah Mehta's statue can be placed in front of the civic body's headquarters, then Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue deserves to be placed front and centre outside the CSMT. Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant picked up a fight over the issue with the general manager of Central Railway DK Sharma yesterday, saying, "It is ironic not to have a statue of the warrior king at CSMT after whom the station is named." While a new sculpture of Shivaji is likely to be installed at CSMT, the Sena MP argued that it's "placement" plan was wrong as the statue is expected to be installed near platform no 18.

Arvind Sawant, Rajen Gohain and DK Sharma during the press meet yesterday