Sharad Pawar urges PM Modi to install statues of Maratha warriors in Delhi’s Talkatora stadium
Hindustan TimesMumbai: Amid the ongoing controversy surrounding Maratha warriors and Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to facilitate the installation of statues honouring three legendary Maratha warriors at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi. In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, Pawar highlighted the historical significance of the stadium and requested his intervention in securing the necessary permissions from the New Delhi Municipal Corporation and the Delhi government. Pawar said a Pune-based NGO Sarhad had planned to install busts at the Talkatora Stadium to commemorate the warriors, but litterateurs and historians have weighed in favour of equestrian statues of the three warriors. “As Talkatora Stadium falls under NDMC jurisdiction, I humbly request your intervention in directing the Government of Delhi and NDMC to grant the necessary permissions for installing full-sized equestrian statues,” Pawar stated in his letter.
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