India, April 18 -- AGRA Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had on February 19 vowed to build a grand memorial in the honour of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in UPs Agra, where the Maratha warrior king was once held captive by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. At an event marking Shivaji's 395th birth anniversary at the Agra Fort, Fadnavis said he would talk to his UP counterpart, Yogi Adityanath, about acquiring land near Kothi Meena Bazar for the project.

Since then, the 'Shivaji-Aurangzeb' issue has generated heat and shaped the political narrative from Agra in UP to Mumbai, Nagpur and Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Shivaji and Aurangzeb also reverberated in both the Maharashtra and UP Assemby's last sessions.

Fadnavis' statement is movin...