Abu Azmi was on Wednesday suspended from the Maharashtra assembly till the end of its ongoing Maharashtra Budget Session 2025 over his comments
Abu Azmi (above) said that the action against him was taken despite him retracting his remark. Pic/X
The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena's Pune unit staged a protest against Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi on Wednesday, saying his remarks praising Aurangzeb were an insult to Maharashtra's pride, reported the PTI.
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Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb's atrocities against Hindus and his attempts to impose religious conversion cannot be glorified and Abu Asim Azmi should be booked on charges of treason, Shiv Sena city president Pramod Nana Bhangire said, as per the PTI.
Abu Azmi was on Wednesday suspended from the Maharashtra assembly till the end of its ongoing Maharashtra Budget Session 2025 over his comments eulogising Aurangzeb.
Pramod Bhangire led the protest near Sarasbaug area in Pune, condemning Abu Azmi's remarks as an "insult to Maharashtra's pride".
"Praising such a tyrant is equal to insulting the self-esteem of Maharashtra. The insult of icons in the state will not be tolerated. We will teach a befitting lesson to those who resort to the glorification of Aurangzeb," he said, according to the PTI.
Pramod Bhangire also demanded a case of treason be registered against Abu Azmi and that he should resign as MLA.
Abu Azmi, president of the Samajwadi Party's state unit, had said that during Aurangzeb's reign, India's border reached Afghanistan and Burma (Myanmar).
"Our GDP accounted for 24 per cent (of the world GDP) and India was called a golden sparrow (during his regime)," claimed the MLA from Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar constituency in Mumbai, the news agency reported.
Asked about the fight between Aurangzeb and Maratha king Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, Abu Azmi had termed it a political battle. His comments had rocked both houses of the state legislature on Tuesday, with members of the ruling side demanding his suspension and that he be booked for treason, as per the PTI.
Meanwhile, Abu Asim Azmi, who was suspended from the Maharashtra assembly on Wednesday over his comment praising Aurangzeb, said that the action against him was taken despite him retracting his remark.
महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा द्वारा बजट सत्र के लिए मेरा निलंबन सिर्फ मेरे साथ नहीं बल्कि जिनका मैं प्रतिनिधित्व करता हूँ उन लाखों लोगों के साथ नाइंसाफी है, ये मेरे साथ ज़्यादती है।
— Abu Asim Azmi (@abuasimazmi) March 5, 2025
मैं महाराष्ट्र सरकार से पूछना चाहूंगा क्या राज्य में दो तरह के कानून चलते है? अबू आसिम आज़मी के लिए अलग… pic.twitter.com/Qchx6Yfc1N
In a video statement released by his office on Wednesday, Abu Azmi asserted that he had not said anything wrong, but retracted the remark, which he made outside the state assembly, to ensure the House functions.
"Still I was suspended," he said in the statement.
(with PTI inputs)
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