Kuber had made some controversial remarks about Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in his book "Renaissance State: The Unwritten Story of the Making of Maharashtra".
Devendra Fadnavis accused Loksatta and Express Group of relinquishing its legacy of being anti-establishment after Maha Vikas Aghadi government came to power in Maharashtra