Mumbai, February 10: Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray today said his party will oppose the decision of the Bombay High Court to impose a ban on the use of Plaster of Paris (PoP) for making Ganesh idols.
“Shiv Sena will never tolerate this (decision) and will lead fight against it,” Uddhav said in the Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ today.
The ban was imposed by the Aurangabad division bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday, following a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Narendra Dabholkar, president of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti (MANS), in 2005.
The court ordered that Ganesh idols be made by using soil and natural colours and warned that criminal cases would be registered if anyone does not to follow the verdict.
—PTI