Pune: A scuffle broke out in Pune between the Shiv Sena and the police after the Pune Municipal corporation demolished a statue of Dadoji Konddev, who is known as king Shivaji's Guru.
The statue was part of a three statue installation at the historic Lal Mahal.
Maratha organisations in the city had been demanding that the statue be demolished by alleging that naming Konddev as the Maratha warrior king's guru was part of Brahmanical conspiracy.
The other other two statues are of king Shivaji and his mother Jijamata. The Shiv sena and BJP had opposed the demolition of the statue and Shivsena leader Neelam Gorhe was part of this protest.
The demand by Maratha organisations to demolish the statue comes amid controversy over Dadoji's role in Shivaji's life.
The demand to demolish the statue was made by Maratha organisations in the city who allege naming Dadoji Konddev as Shivaji's guru was a Brahminical conspiracy and that he had received all his education only from his mother.
Some say this is an attempt by Maratha organisations to downplay Dadoji's role in Shivaji's life.
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