He spoke freely on the ongoing controversies in the state, including the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse incident and the Badlapur school sexual assault case among others.
Q. Do you think the Shivaji Maharaj statue incident has affected the Mahayuti's image ahead of the polls?
A. No, it was a genuine mistake. I think the PWD officer who had identified the defects in the statue should have carried out the repairs himself, instead of writing to the Indian Navy. Sunday though was a black day for not just the state politics but the rest of India too, when a former chief minister (Uddhav Thackeray) hit photos of CM Eknath Shinde and his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar with a chappal during the Jode Mara Andolan' organised by the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). It is unfortunate that the son of Bal Thackeray, whose memory is cherished by the people of Maharashtra, did this.
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