Rift inside MVA widens over renaming Aurangabad to ‘Sambhaji Nagar’

Friction between the coalition companions within the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra is palpable as Congress and Shiv Sena are sparring over renaming Aurangabad as ‘Sambhaji Nagar’. 
A day after Congress state president and Maharashtra cabinet minister Balasaheb Thorat opposed the rebranding of Aurangabad as Sambhaji Nagar, Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana immediately printed an editorial by which it made an emphatic case for renaming town. 
Dismissing that the change of identify would have any repercussions on the destiny of the Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities in Maharashtra, the article identified how the founding father of Shiv Sena Balasaheb Thackeray had already named it Sambhaji Nagar 30 years in the past and folks had wholeheartedly accepted it. It added that solely formalities within the type of documentation have been left to implement the official change of identify. 
The article mentioned similar to Ram Temple is being constructed with consensus, equally, Aurangabad’s identify can even be modified via consensus. The editorial went on to say that the Muslims in India despise Babur and Aurangzeb and they’d don’t have any disagreement with naming Aurangabad as Sambhaji Nagar. In a sly dig on the Congress celebration, the article mentioned that the renaming of Aurangabad wouldn’t have any influence on the secularism of the nation and a majority of Congressmen within the state would agree with Shiv Sena’s demand of renaming of town. 
Babur just isn’t the daddy of Muslims and Aurangzeb just isn’t their uncle: Saamana
“Babur is not the father of the Muslims in India, just as the sinful Aurangzeb is not the uncle of the Muslims here. Babur was buried in Ayodhya and the Ram temple is standing there. Neither Islam was endangered there, nor anyone’s secularism was eroded. If anyone thinks that Aurangzeb’s graveyard is a symbol of secularism, then he is making a mockery of India’s identity,” the article learn. 
The editorial additional added that the Mughal despot Aurangzeb’s demise is widely known throughout the nation. Aurangzeb inflicted, the article mentioned, unspeakable atrocities on Chhatrapati Sambhaji to pressurise him to transform into Islam. However, he didn’t buckle underneath stress. The article asserted that it’s a grave insult to Shivaji Maharaj {that a} metropolis named after Aurangzeb ought to exist on the land of Maharashtra. 
“The Muslims of this country have forgotten Babur and the Muslims of Maharashtra have forgotten Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb and Aurangabad are no longer the subject of votes. The Muslims in Maharashtra have supported the Shiv Sena by adopting the path of nationalism,” the article said. 
Shiv Sena questions BJP for not renaming Aurangabad as Sambhaji Nagar
The divergence throughout the MVA alliance over the renaming of Aurangabad had elicited a pointy response from the BJP, with the BJP state president Chandrakant Patil stating that the distinction of opinion over the difficulty solely underscored the sheer lack of cohesion among the many MVA alliance companions. The celebration had requested Shiv Sena to make clear its stand on the difficulty within the mild of opposition by the Congress celebration. 
In response to the BJP’s criticism over the divergent views throughout the MVA authorities with respect to renaming of Aurangabad, the Shiv Sena, in its Saamana editorial, handed the buck to BJP, alleging that they might have simply modified the identify of Aurangabad to Sambhaji Nagar whereas they have been in energy within the state, similar to they modified the names of Allahabad and Aurangzeb Road in Delhi. 
Maharashtra Congress president Balasaheb Thorat opposes renaming of Aurangabad
Earlier on Thursday, Maharashtra state Congress President Balasaheb Thorat had mentioned if any proposal to rename Aurangabad comes up, his celebration would strongly oppose it. He mentioned altering the names of locations was not part of the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) of the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities, by which Congress and NCP are companions.
“If any proposal about renaming Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar comes up, the Congress will oppose it strongly.Our party does not believe in changing names as it does not lead to development of common man,” Thorat informed reporters.