Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders on Sunday staged a ‘Jode Mara Andolan’ (Hit them with slippers protest) in response to the collapse of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Statue in the Malvan region last week. Slamming the government, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray said, “There is no forgiveness for this mistake.” Chief Minister Eknath Shinde hit back, accusing Thackeray of emulating the deeds of figures associated with the Mughal empire.

Thackeray was speaking at a public meeting following a protest march from Hutatma Chowk at Flora Fountain to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue at the Gateway of India in Colaba.