India, March 17 -- Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane on Monday stirred controversy by invoking the demolition of the Babri Masjid while addressing ongoing demands from right-wing groups to remove Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb in Khuldabad, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district. Rane, known for his hardline Hindutva stance, declared that while the government would do its job, Hindutva organisations must fulfill their role.

"The government will do its part while Hindutva outfits must do theirs. When the Babri Masjid was being demolished, we did not sit and talk. Our karsevaks did what was appropriate," Rane said while speaking at Shivaji Maharaj's birthplace, Shivneri Fort, in Pune on the occasion of the Maratha king's birth anniversary.

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