Summary:
The wife of former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Sunday, called the ruling Shiv Sena "hypocrites" after media reports emerged that a memorial for the party patriarch, the late Bal Thackeray, in Aurangabad would require the felling of around 1,000 trees. Posting a photo of the news item, Amruta Fadnavis tweeted "Hypocrisy is a disease ! Tree cutting — at ur convenience or allowing tree cutting only when you earn commission — unpardonable sins !!" However, Aurangabad Mayor Nandkumar Ghodele, in a media statement, claimed his administration would not allow trees to be cut for the Thackeray memorial. "We are going to ensure that no trees are cut for the construction of the memorial," he said..