Key Points:
- Union Minister Amit Shah at a show on News 18 Group (Hindi) condemned the language of Governor Koshiyari in the letter he wrote to CM Uddhav Thackeray about reopening the religious places in the state.
- Shah said that Koshiyari could’ve avoided the words that he used.
Union home minister Amit Shah reacted at Governor of Maharashtra and Goa, Bhagat Singh Koshiyari’s letter to the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray about reopening the Worship Places in the state of Maharashtra.
Shah disapproved Koshyari’s language saying,
“He [The Governor, Koshiyari] has made a passing reference, but I also believe that he could have avoided the selection of those particular words,”
while in talk with News 18 Group on Saturday said that meaning, the Maharashtra Governor should have chosen his words carefully in the letter he wrote to the western state’s chief minister Uddhav Thackeray over the issue of reopening of religious places amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Maharashtra governor could have avoided selection of those words: Home Minister @AmitShah on Bhagat Singh Koshyari's letter to Uddhav Thackeray. #AmitShahToNews18 tonight at 9 across the News18 Network. @18RahulJoshi @News18Bihar @News18India pic.twitter.com/FPorMT7Qrr
— Brajesh Kumar Singh (@brajeshksingh) October 17, 2020
While writing to Thackeray last week raising the issue of reopening of places of worship in Maharashtra, Kohiyari said in his letter,
“I wonder if you are receiving any divine premonition (godly intuition) to keep postponing the reopening of the places of worship time and again or have you suddenly turned ‘secular’ yourselves, the term you hated?”
Responding to Koshiyari, Thackeray said, he did not need a certificate of Hindutva from anyone. “Do you mean that opening up religious places is Hindutva, and not opening those means being secular? Secularism is a crucial base of the oath you took as Governor. Do you not believe it?”, added the Maharashtra CM.
The matter worsened when Koshiyari compared the reopening of bars and restaurants to that of the Temples saying that the Gods and Goddesses have been condemned to stay under lockdown. Thackeray subtly replied saying that the State Government will consider his request.
Meanwhile,
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said,
“The governor’s letter followed by the chief minister’s reply was an unavoidable disagreement and we haven’t started it,” he said.
“But, we are satisfied with the Union Home Minister’s stand and thank him for understanding the reason of our anger.”
