The Sena said while the government made amendments in the Constitution to give 10 per cent quota to economically weaker sections of the general category and solved the triple talaq issue similarly, the issues of constructing a Ram temple in Ayodhya and Shivaji memorial in Mumbai remain unresolved. "Is the court coming between the construction of the memorial or is it that somebody, who does not want the construction to take place, is using the judiciary as a shield?" it asked in an editorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamana'.

The Sena said the project was worth Rs 3600 crore but the government was not serious about it from the start. "Some ask what is the use of memorials for Chhatrapati Shivaji and Balasaheb Thackeray. Had Shivaji not been there, Pakistan's boundaries would have come to your doorstep and had Balasaheb not been there, even Hindus would have had to offer namaz," the Sena claimed. It termed as "shameful" the issue of Shivaji memorial construction languishing in court. "Why has the government been unsuccessful in putting its stand before the Supreme Court? The government is never unsuccessful in issues like buying wins during elections. Then why on this issue? On other issues, the government takes political decisions swiftly. However, it is being a laggard in this," the Sena editorial said.

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The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and Maharashtra government on a plea challenging a Bombay High Court order which had refused to restrain authorities from taking steps regarding the proposed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial project in the Arabian Sea. Advocate Nishant R Katneshwarkar, who appeared for Maharashtra, had on Wednesday said that while issuing notice on the plea, the bench orally told him to ask the authorities not to proceed with the construction activity.

The petitioner NGO, Conservation Action Trust, had moved the high court challenging a February 23, 2015 order of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) granting environmental and coastal regulation zone clearance to the Rs 3,600 crore project in Mumbai. It had sought interim relief that stay should be granted on the order and the authorities restrained from taking further steps with regard to the project.

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