Maharashtra Chief Minister (CM) Eknath Shinde criticised the opposition for targeting his government over the collapse of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Sindhudurg, while remaining silent on a recent incident in Congress-ruled Karnataka, where a Ganpati idol was placed in a police van, reported news agency PTI.

Videos circulating on social media show the Karnataka cops taking a Ganpati idol from protestors and placing it in a police van, prompting widespread reaction online.