The Navy, not Maharashtra state government, constructed the 35-foot Shivaji statue in Sindhudurg which collapsed, deputy CM Fadnavis said, while blaming inadequate local factor considerations and stated plans for a bigger statue. Opposition, led by Aaditya Thackeray, criticized the ruling BJP, alleging corruption and hasty installation before elections.

The image of Mamata being dragged away and out of the Writers’ Building in 1993 became symbolic of her struggle against the entrenched Left Front government. Nearly two decades later, Mamata Banerjee’s government is resorting to similar tactics she once protested against

As part of the celebrations, Govindas or Dahi Handi participants form multi-tiered human pyramids to break ’Dahi Handis’ (claypots filled with curd) suspended in mid-air