NCP-SP Leader Jitendra Awhad’s car attacked by Swarajya Sanghatana workers for criticizing Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati
In a startling incident on Thursday evening, activists belonging to the Swarajya Sanghatana attacked the vehicle carrying Nationalist Congress Party, Sharad Pawar faction (NCP – SP) National Secretary Jitendra Awhad.
The attack occurred near the Eastern Freeway as Awhad was traveling towards his hometown Thane.
Video footage captured at the scene shows at least three activists shouting slogans of ‘Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Ki Jai‘ and ‘Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Ki Jai‘, while pelting stones and striking the SUV’s windows with sticks.
Following the incident, Swarajya Sanghatana’s general secretary, Dhananjay Jadhav, claimed responsibility for the attack. He demanded that Awhad apologize for recent remarks made towards Yuvraj Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati, the 13th direct descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Awhad’s driver sped and negotiated the vehicle through the traffic before halting some distance ahead to examine the damage, though the perpetrators had disappeared by then.
Awhad’s supporters organized spontaneous roadblocks in Thane, the hometown of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
Jitendra Awhad strongly criticized Yuvraj, founder of the Swarajya Sanghatana, after the ruckus at Vishalgad fort.
Awhad’s remarks included questioning Yuvraj’s lineage to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and alleging that he stirred communal discord in nearby communities.
Among other things, Awhad had said that Yuvraj’s blood should be checked as with his alleged utterances, he could not be the descendent of the legendary Maratha warrior king, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1630-1680), and sowing communal discord among communities in residing near Vishalgad Fort and the Gajapur village, etc.
Yuvraj Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati’s supporters, including his father, Kolhapur Congress MP Chhatrapati Shrimant Shahu Maharaj, condemned Awhad’s comments as disrespectful and demanded an apology. In response, Swarajya Sanghatana’s Dhananjay Jadhav criticized Awhad for allegedly fleeing and challenged him to confront them directly instead of making statements to the media.
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Should have left him critically bruised. That should have been better. He is lucky to have escaped.
When you attack a Prince, attack to kill him !! Goes the Tamil saying….else he will return with bigger army !!