MUMBAI: Both the BJP and Shiv Sena slammed AIMIM’s Akbaruddin Owaisi for offering tributes at the grave of Mughal ruler Auragazeb at Khuldabad in Aurangabad district on Thursday.
Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis said it was an insult to patriotic Muslim. Speaking to the media, Fadnavis said this would be unacceptable, not just to Hindus, but Muslims as well. Aurangazeb cannot be the leader of Indian Muslims, he said, reminding that it was Aurangazeb who had tortured Sambhaji Raje, the son of Shivaji Maharaj, and his glorification is unacceptable. Targeting the Maha Vikas Aghadi government, Fadnavis said, “Those who take action over little things like the tweeting of a photograph from Lilavati [hospital] why are they silent now? Even if they keep quiet, we will not. We shall show them their place.”
