Imtiaz Jaleel’s protest on issue won’t be tolerated, says MKM

On Saturday, Imtiaz Jaleel and his followers held a protest against renaming of Aurangabad. Jaleel said, “I was born in Aurangabad and will die here. I am against changing the name of city. It’s identity should be retained.”

During the two-day protest, at least four unidentified persons in the rally displayed pictures of Mughal ruler Aurangzeb, inviting backlash from right wing parties including BJP and MKM. Following a complaint, police have registered case against four unidentified persons for waving posters of Aurangzeb during the protest, an act Jaleel himself disapproved. The four persons who carried the posters were asked to leave the protest.
NCP president Sharad Pawar downplayed the controversy wondering, “How can anybody say those were Aurangzeb’s pictures. Has anybody seen Aurangzeb?”

However, chief of BJP’s spiritual co-ordination cell of Maharashtra, Tushar Bhosale slammed AIMIM. He said, “Glorification of Aurangzeb in the land of Chhatrapati Shivaji and Sambhaji Maharaj, will not be allowed,” he said.
The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi president Prakash Ambedkar also dismissed the controversy saying, “Does Aurangzeb not belong to Aurangabad? He may have had his origins elsewhere, but he stayed and died here. Mughals ruled India is a fact.”