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MAPUSA: Shiv Sena, Goa unit President Jitesh Kamat on Saturday lodged a complaint at Mapusa Police Station against some persons for “trying to create communal disharmony and law and order situation” in Mapusa.
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In his complaint, Kamat stated that the act of objecting the erection of Chatrapati Shivaji statue near Lohia Garden and the reason given by one person in his representation to the municipal chief officer, have hurt the sentiments of the followers of Shivaji Maharaj and majority of Hindus.
Kamat further stated that the act of that person could create communal tension and law and order situation.
Kamat demanded that the person be booked and get arrested immediately.
On Thursday, a group of Mapusa residents submitted the municipal chief officer a memorandum objecting to the erection of Shivaji statue near Lohia Garden in Mapusa. They maintained that if anyone wants to erect a statue in a public place in Mapusa then it should be of a leader who is the son of the soil.
They had said that erecting Shivaji statue or statues of personalities from outside the State would dilute the Goan identity.
Meanwhile, the objection raised by some citizens to the erection of Shivaji statue near Lohia Garden at Mapusa has caused uneasiness among the followers of the Maratha warrior.
The followers said the authorities concerned should instruct the group to study the life history of Shivaji before objecting to erecting his statue.
They claimed that the statue of Shivaji was existing at the particular spot near Lohia Garden which is now being beautified by erecting a bigger statue of Shivaji.
