{"id":349946,"date":"2024-08-30T07:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=349946"},"modified":"2024-08-30T09:43:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:13:13","slug":"bow-my-head-at-shivajis-feet-and-apologise-pm-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/bow-my-head-at-shivajis-feet-and-apologise-pm-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"Bow my head at Shivaji\u2019s feet and apologise: PM Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/08\/1-Bow-my-head-at-Shivajis-feet-and-apologise-PM-Modi-on-statue-collapse.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-349947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/08\/1-Bow-my-head-at-Shivajis-feet-and-apologise-PM-Modi-on-statue-collapse.jpg 640w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/08\/1-Bow-my-head-at-Shivajis-feet-and-apologise-PM-Modi-on-statue-collapse-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/08\/1-Bow-my-head-at-Shivajis-feet-and-apologise-PM-Modi-on-statue-collapse-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/08\/1-Bow-my-head-at-Shivajis-feet-and-apologise-PM-Modi-on-statue-collapse-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/08\/1-Bow-my-head-at-Shivajis-feet-and-apologise-PM-Modi-on-statue-collapse-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Palghar : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday apologised to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and those hurt by the collapse of the warrior king&#8217;s statue in coastal Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is not just a name or a king. For us, he is our deity. Today, I bow my head at his feet and apologise to my deity,\u201d Modi said, after laying the foundation stone of the Rs 76,000 crore Vadhvan Port project in Maharashtra&#8217;s Palghar district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur values are different. For us, nothing is bigger than our deity,&#8221; Modi said. \u201cSome people keep abusing Veer Savarkar but are not ready to apologise for insulting him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The moment I landed here, I first apologised to Shivaji Maharaj over the statue collapse. I also apologise to the people who were hurt by the collapse,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Modi had unveiled the statue in December last year during the Navy Day celebrations in Sindhudurg district. The statue was aimed at honouring the legacy of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj towards maritime defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state government has announced that a joint technical committee headed by the Navy with representatives from the state government and technical experts will investigate the reasons for the statue collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A developed Maharashtra is an essential part of the resolve for a Developed India, Modi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTherefore, over the past 10 years, we have taken continuous major decisions for Maharashtra&#8217;s progress. To ensure that the state and the entire country reap benefits of Maharashtra&#8217;s capacities, the foundation stone for Vadhvan Port has been laid today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palghar : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday apologised to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and those hurt by the collapse of the warrior king&#8217;s statue in coastal Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra. \u201cChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is not just a name or a king. For us, he is our deity. Today, I bow my head at his feet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":349947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[16602,15520,17566,18494],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349948,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349946\/revisions\/349948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/349947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}