Samajwadi MLA, Abu Asim Azmi upset leaders from both, ruling and opposition.
“Aurangzeb was not a cruel administrator, on the contrary he was an able administrator,” Abu Asim said.
‘All the wrong history is being shown. Aurangzeb built many temples. When he was the Mughal emperor the country was known as ‘sone ke chidiya.’
There were several Hindu commanders and soldiers in Aurangzeb’s army, the fight between Aurangzeb and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was not religious,” Asim said.
Coming down heavily on Abu Asim, the Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that Azmi should be booked for treason. “Those who have seen Chhava would know how cruel Aurangzeb was. Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was tortured and killed.
During his regime, several Hindu temples were brought down, atrocities were committed on mothers and sisters, he was a maha paapi,” Shinde said.
Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray said, “Azmi has made such a statement after taking supari.”
BJP MLA, Ram Kadam, said that Azmi needs to be given history books.