Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister (CM) Devendra Fadnavis stated on Saturday that describing Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as a "looter" will not be tolerated. His statement comes in response to Nationalist Congress Party (SP) leader Jayant Patil`s claim that the Maratha king sought extortion from Surat to expand his Swarajya.

The Maharashtra Deputy CM also appealed to Indian scholars to come together to correct the misrepresentation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, which he said was rooted in the narrative created by English historians. "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is being viewed through the lens of English historians," the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader remarked, calling for scholars to rectify the historical inaccuracies in portraying the 17th-century Maratha king, reported PTI.