Mumbai: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday hit back at Shiv Sena accusing it of corruption and carrying out “extortion holding saffron flag in hand”. Without naming Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and Shiv Sena’s Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut, Fadnavis said the ‘modern day Duryodhana in Shiv Sena was still surrounded by Shakuni-like characters”. He reminded Shiv Sena that the BJP’s vote-share in general elections and assembly elections in 2014 was much bigger than the Shiv Sena’s. Stressing that the BJP’s alliance with Shiv Sena was formed on the plank of Hindutva and ideology, Fadnavis made it clear that the BJP did not consider Shiv Sena “an ideological enemy”. We are not ideologically opposed to Shiv Sena but we have objections to its conduct.

Source: Mint January 28, 2017 15:34 UTC