<p>A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari for his letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, the Shiv Sena and the Maha Vikas Aghadi government expressed its satisfaction over the Centre’s response.</p>.<p>Koshyari's letter to Thackeray and the contents on the issue of re-opening of temples has rattled the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance government.</p>.<p>Shiv Sena chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut said that Shah was the country’s Home Minister and spoke with responsibility and caution. Besides, Raj Bhavan and the office of Governor was a Constitutional post and fell under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Home Affairs.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/shiv-sena-asks-pm-narendra-modi-amit-shah-to-recall-maharashtra-governor-bhagat-singh-koshyari-over-secular-remark-902273.html" target="_blank">Shiv Sena asks PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah to recall Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari over 'secular' remark</a></strong></p>.<p>“The Governor’s letter followed by the Chief Minister’s reply was an unavoidable controversy and we haven’t started it. But we are satisfied with the Union Home Minister’s stand and thank him for understanding the reason for our anger,’’ Raut said.</p>.<p>“I have read your letter. He has made a passing reference. I believe some restraint could have been exercised,” Shah had said in a TV interview, to a question on the controversy.</p>.<p>While Koshyari questioned whether Thackeray has left Hindutva to turn “secular”, the latter shot back saying that he does not need a “certificate” from the Governor on secularism.</p>.<p>In a letter to Uddhav, the Governor said, "You have been a strong votary of Hindutva. You have publicly espoused your devotion to Lord Rama by visiting Ayodhya after taking charge as Chief Minister. You visited Vitthal Rukmini Mandir in Pandharpur and performed the puja on Ashadi Ekadashi….I wonder if you are receiving any divine premonition to keep postponing the reopening of the places of worship time and again or have you suddenly turn ‘secular’ yourself, the term you hated.”</p>.<p>In response, Thackeray had said, “I don’t need a certificate on Hindutva from anybody, nor do I have to learn it from anyone. Those giving a warm welcome to people who compare my state and its capital (Mumbai) with Pakistan Occupied Kashmir don’t fit in my Hindutva.”</p>.<p>A couple of days ago, Raut had said, “A governor is a political agent of the President of India and the central government; a political agent in the sense that they do political work. Today, there are only two governors in the entire country -- one in Maharashtra and one in West Bengal. I do not know about the rest. Because in these two states, the government is of their opposition parties.”</p>
<p>A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari for his letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, the Shiv Sena and the Maha Vikas Aghadi government expressed its satisfaction over the Centre’s response.</p>.<p>Koshyari's letter to Thackeray and the contents on the issue of re-opening of temples has rattled the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance government.</p>.<p>Shiv Sena chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut said that Shah was the country’s Home Minister and spoke with responsibility and caution. Besides, Raj Bhavan and the office of Governor was a Constitutional post and fell under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Home Affairs.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/shiv-sena-asks-pm-narendra-modi-amit-shah-to-recall-maharashtra-governor-bhagat-singh-koshyari-over-secular-remark-902273.html" target="_blank">Shiv Sena asks PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah to recall Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari over 'secular' remark</a></strong></p>.<p>“The Governor’s letter followed by the Chief Minister’s reply was an unavoidable controversy and we haven’t started it. But we are satisfied with the Union Home Minister’s stand and thank him for understanding the reason for our anger,’’ Raut said.</p>.<p>“I have read your letter. He has made a passing reference. I believe some restraint could have been exercised,” Shah had said in a TV interview, to a question on the controversy.</p>.<p>While Koshyari questioned whether Thackeray has left Hindutva to turn “secular”, the latter shot back saying that he does not need a “certificate” from the Governor on secularism.</p>.<p>In a letter to Uddhav, the Governor said, "You have been a strong votary of Hindutva. You have publicly espoused your devotion to Lord Rama by visiting Ayodhya after taking charge as Chief Minister. You visited Vitthal Rukmini Mandir in Pandharpur and performed the puja on Ashadi Ekadashi….I wonder if you are receiving any divine premonition to keep postponing the reopening of the places of worship time and again or have you suddenly turn ‘secular’ yourself, the term you hated.”</p>.<p>In response, Thackeray had said, “I don’t need a certificate on Hindutva from anybody, nor do I have to learn it from anyone. Those giving a warm welcome to people who compare my state and its capital (Mumbai) with Pakistan Occupied Kashmir don’t fit in my Hindutva.”</p>.<p>A couple of days ago, Raut had said, “A governor is a political agent of the President of India and the central government; a political agent in the sense that they do political work. Today, there are only two governors in the entire country -- one in Maharashtra and one in West Bengal. I do not know about the rest. Because in these two states, the government is of their opposition parties.”</p>
