Mumbai (Maharashtra), June 15 -- : Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale has accused the Opposition of trying to give a "religious colour" to his demand after his proposal of naming a flyover in Mumbai after Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti was opposed by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Shewale on Monday said he wrote a letter to the Maharashtra Chief Minister demanding the Mankhurd flyover in Mumbai be named after Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti on the demands of the local people.
"As people's representative, it is my duty to convey the demands of the people to the government. This flyover is on the border of the south-central Lok Sabha constituency and MP Manoj Kotak's north east Mumbai Lok Sabha constituency. I was not awar...