The Shiv Sena is experiencing much angst at the Union government’s demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes. When Narendra Modi told a delegation of the party’s MPs that Bal Thackeray would have supported the policy and they were going against his spirit, it was contrary to what most Shiv Sainiks in Maharashtra believe. For example, Narayan Rane was the king of the Konkan while he was with the Shiv Sena and trusted with winning the maximum number of seats for the party, election after election. But it is his not-so-poor workers and the elections round the corner that worries the Sena leader the most. Clearly, the Sena is not quite ready to give up the fight just yet.

Source: Hindustan Times November 26, 2016 08:28 UTC