Koshyari is no stranger to controversies – he once called Congress leader and former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat “Lonely Monkey” And even asked another ex-Congress chief minister Vijay Bahuguna “prove” that he is the son of his father.
dubbed “BJP Puppet” The octogenarian has stirred many controversies since the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi government took over as governor in September 2019.
During a public event in Mumbai on Friday, Koshyari said: “Sometimes I tell people in Maharashtra that if Gujaratis and Rajasthani people are removed from here, you will have no money. You call Mumbai the financial capital, but if these people from these two states are not here, then it will not be called the financial capital (sic).
It was like feedback Even Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis said they did not agree with Koshyari’s statement.
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Hailed as a “strong personality” from officers who worked with him and a “simple person” who followed the “RSS way of life”, Koshyari made controversial remarks about personalities closely associated with Marathi pride. Social reformers Savitribai and Jyotirao Phule, and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
In March, Koshyari claimed that there would be no Shivaji without his mentor Samarth Ramdas. “several Maharajas And Chakraborty (Emperor) was born in this country. But if Chanakya was not there, who would have asked about Chandragupta? Who would have asked about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj if Samarth (Ramdas) had not been there,” he said at an event in Aurangabad.
The statement was not well received. From Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Supriya Sule to Congress state president Nana Patole and Shiv Sena’s chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut to Shivaji’s descendant and BJP MP Udayanraje Bhosale, politicians from Maharashtra took the lead. strong exception For Koshyari’s comment.
In the same month, Koshyari again criticized supposedly joke Savitribai and Jyotirao Phule to get married at a young age. “Savitribai was married at the age of 10 and her husband (Jyotirao) was 13 years old. Now think, what will the boy and the girl be doing after marriage? What would they be thinking?” Koshyari said.
In October 2020, Koshyari questioned the then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s decision to keep temples closed, asking if he had suddenly “became secular”, Shiv Sena chief retaliated Saying That they don’t need Hindutva certificate from them.
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Back in Uttarakhand, Koshyari was the second chief minister of his home state from October 2001 to May 2002. He then served as the Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2007.
In 2012, Koshyari had reportedly said at an event in Dehradun that Congress leader Vijay Bahuguna may need to undergo a DNA test to prove that he is the son of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna.
popularly known as ‘Bhagto Slave‘, the Sangh stalwart also served as the national vice president of the BJP as well as the president of the party’s Uttarakhand unit.
Koshyari had called Harish Rawat ,Eklava Vanari‘ (Lonely Monkey) in 2019 to claim that he does not allow anyone else to be in Congress. “There were many monkeys in Lord Rama’s army, but here Rawat is a lone monkey. All his monkeys have joined us. He has thrown out all the good Congressmen, now his boat won’t last long.”
Koshyari then topped his ‘Vanar’ Comment saying that he should be a Congress rival Sent Monkey sterilization center at the end of Lok Sabha elections.
(Edited by Tony Rae)