"Not Our Demand": Lata Mangeshkar's Brother On Shivaji Park Memorial Row
NDTV
Lata Mangeshkar Shivaji Park Memorial Controversy: The demand put the Shiv Sena in a tight spot as the party has an emotional connection to the public park.
Musician Hridaynath Mangeshkar, brother of Lata Mangeshkar said that the demand for a memorial for the singing legend at Shivaji park in Mumbai is not one shared by his family urging that the controversy around it must be stopped.
"Please stop politicizing the issue of Lata didi's memorial at Shivaji park. The demand for it has not come from our family's side as we don't wish for it," Mr Mangeshkar said in a fervent appeal in Marathi.
The demand for a memorial for Lata Mangeshkar, who died at the age of 92 on February 6, has resulted in an acrimonious back and forth between the ruling Shiv Sena- Congress combine in Maharashtra and the opposition BJP.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ram Kadam had written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray demanding that a memorial be set up at Shivaji Park where the 92-year-old singer was cremated. The demand was then backed by Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole, Shiv Sena's state ally in the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance, who later softened his stand on the proposed memorial.
