Firmly reaffirming the Shiv Sena’s Hindutva credentials, Shiv Sena president and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday launched a broadside at the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a mega party rally in Aurangabad.
He chastised the BJP for failing to protect Kashmiri pandits while stating that the latter, once the Shiv Sena’s long-time ally, could capture power in Delhi (the Centre) only because of the help rendered by the late Sena founder Bal Thackeray.
Mr. Thackeray further said that the late Bal Thackeray had never exhorted the Sena and its activists to hate Muslims nor did Shiv Sena preach hatred towards other religions.
