Updated On: 05 January, 2023 01:12 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
"If you google and search `Dharmveer` a lot of people use it as their designation. So if I said Chhatrapati Shambhaji Maharaj is not a `Dharmveer` I was not wrong because Shambhaji Maharaj is one. I stand by my statement," Pawar added.

Ajit Pawar. File photo
Maharashtra Assembly Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar refused to apologise for his statement that Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj should be called `Swarajya Rakshak` instead of `Dharamveer`.
Ajit Pawar said that the Bharatiya Janata Party protest against him while they were silent when the Maharashtra Governor and many other leaders disrespected heroes like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.