'Balloon with holes, croaking frog': Shiv Sena makes scathing attack on Narayan Rane in 'slap Uddhav' case

The extremely harsh comments from Uddhav Thackeray’s party came hours after Narayan Rane was granted bail by the Raigad court after being arrested for his objectionable remarks on the Chief Minister.  

MUMBAI: Maharashtra’s ruling party Shiv Sena has made a scathing attack on Union Minister Narayan Rane for his ‘slap Uddhav’ remark, describing the BJP leader as a ‘balloon with holes’ and compared him with a frog. In a strongly worded editorial in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, the party slammed the firebrand Maharashtra BJP leader for his “gangster-like acts.''  The Uddhav Thackeray-led party wrote in Saamana, “Narayan Rane was never a great or conscious person. He earned his reputation while in Shiv Sena. After Rane quit the party, Shiv Sena defeated him four times in the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha polls. Hence, if one has to describe Rane, then he should be called a ''perforated balloon''. No matter how much air is filled in this balloon, it will never go up.’’