NAVI MUMBAI/MUMBAI: A clash broke out between supporters of BJP MP Narayan Rane and Shiv Sena ( UBT ) inside Rajkot fort in Malvan when leaders of the two camps reached the site of the collapse of the Chhatrapati Shivaji statue along with their supporters almost simultaneously on Wednesday, report Umesh Parida & Chaitanya Marpakwar. A constable was injured during the clash. Accusing the rival group of attacking them, Rane, who was with his elder son and ex-MP Nilesh, said, "If we had chosen, nobody from MVA would've returned home.
Don't you know our history?" Besides, Aaditya Thackeray, Vijay Wadettiwar (Congress) and Jayant Patil (NCP-SP) were also at the fort after MVA had called a bandh. Supporters of Shiv Sena (UBT) and BJP MP Narayan Rane attacked each other at the Rajkot fort on Wednesday, the day MVA had called a Malvan bandh over the collapse of a Shivaji statue. While slogans were raised by both sides, the rival sides made counter-claims on how the clash began: Rane said they were returning from the site when UBT Sena supporters attacked them, and UBT Sena alleged the scuffle began after a woman supporter carrying the party flag into the fort was assaulted.
UBT Sena leaders and workers were held up by Rane’s supporters on their return, and members of the rival groups jostled and pushed each other. Besides, there were allegations of stone-pelting . Rane supporters held the UBT Sena leaders inside the fort for over an hour during the fracas, and the Ranes were seen a.