Straining every sinew to prove that it was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and not the Shiv Sena which was the real ‘Hindutva’ party, BJP’s Leader of the Opposition Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, accusing him of forming a government with the Congress which had spoken against Lord Rama and questioned the existence of the mythical figure.
Speaking at the BJP’s ‘booster dose’ rally in Mumbai, Mr. Fadnavis asserted that Mr. Thackeray was not a true adherent of ‘Hindutva’.
“The [late Chief Minister] Kalyan Singh had sacrificed his government for Lord Rama when he refused to fire on the kar sevaks who demolished the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992. But you [Mr. Uddhav Thackeray] are sitting on the lap of those [the Congress and Rahul Gandhi] who have spoken against Lord Rama and questioned His existence,” said Mr. Fadnavis.
