Pune Bandh News Pune Strike Pune bandh turns violent

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Pune bandh Today on December 28, 2010 as Pune Corporation removed Dadoji Konddeo/ Dadoji Konddev Statue about eight city buses were damaged by protestors as Shiv Sena-BJP sponsored Pune bandh, called to protest against the removal of the statue of Dadoji Kondadev, a historical figure, started on a violent note on Tuesday.

A statue in Pune has created a political stir, after more than 30 members of the Shiv Sena were detained for protesting against its removal. A statue of Dadoji Kondadev, who is hailed as the ‘guru’ of Chhatrapati Shivaji, was removed from Pune’s Lal Mahal and placed in a municipal garden near to the Pune Municipal Corporation office.

Sena Calls for Pune bandh tomorrowThe Maratha community in the city got extremely offended by the incident, and they said that an ignorant section of historians have misinterpreted Dadoji Kondadev as the teacher of Shivaji.

Congress–NCP coalition governs the Corporation currently, and they plan to install a statue of Shivaji’s father, Shahaji Maharaj. In protest, the Sena has called for a bandh on Tuesday.

The Maratha community in the city got extremely offended by the incident and they said that an ignorant section of historians have misinterpreted Dadoji Kondadev as theteacher of Shivaji.Congress NCP coalition governs the Corporation currently and they plan to install a statue of Shivaji’s father Shahaji Maharaj.In protest the Sena has called for a bandh on Tuesday.Lal Mahal is in the heart of Pune and it was the childhood home of Shivaji and currently it has statues of young Shivaji and his mother Jijabai.

Uddhav’s estranged cousin, Raj Thackeray, also voiced the objections of his party, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).