Controversy Over Sengol Replacing Maharashtra State Emblem

Mumbai, June 25 (PTI) Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal raised concerns on Wednesday regarding the replacement of the state emblem with the 'Sengol' in advertisements released by the state government concerning the Emergency. He described this move as part of a conspiracy to alter the Constitution.

Speaking at a press conference, Sapkal stated that the government had spent crores on what he termed propaganda. He expressed alarm over the absence of the state emblem in the government's advertisements, which now display the Sengol instead. He claimed this was not merely symbolic but was indicative of a larger scheme to modify the Constitution.

The Congress leader accused the BJP of advancing ideas from the "Bunch of Thoughts" by Golwalkar Guruji—the second Sarsanghchalak of the RSS—over constitutional principles.

The 'Sengol', a historic sceptre from Tamil Nadu, was originally presented by the British to the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as a symbol of the transfer of power and has been installed in the new Parliament building.

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