The remarks came in Fadnavis’ address to his party cadre at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) show-of-strength rally in Goregaon, the venue where Thackeray broke off the alliance on January 26. The CM blamed the Sena’s refusal to come on board with transparency agenda and promise to change corrupt practices for the saffron allies’ split. At the rally, there were liberal references to the Mahabharat — the BJP being given the righteous role of Pandavas, while Sena being referred to as Kauravas. With this rally and Fadnavis’ speech, mudslinging and name-calling between the former allies are likely over the next week, as attacks on neither Fadnavis nor Thackeray is off limits now. READ MOREShiv Sena MP blames Devendra Fadnavis for all scams in Mumbai civic body

Source: Hindustan Times January 28, 2017 19:57 UTC