BJP's "Pseudo-Secular" Jibe At Shiv Sena Amid 'Hanuman Chalisa' Row
NDTV
BJP's Devendra Fadnavis claimed a Shiv Sena volunteer had printed a calendar in Urdu, which cited Balasaheb Thackery as "Janab Balasaheb Thackeray".
Accusing the Shiv Sena of being "pseudo-secular", senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday asked why some people get angry over the recital of 'Hanuman Chalisa', and added that his party was not opposed to any religion but it was against appeasement of a particular community.
His statement comes days after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray demanded during a public rally in Mumbai that loudspeakers at mosques be shut down, adding that if it was not done, there would be speakers outside mosques playing 'Hanuman Chalisa' at higher volume.
Earlier in the day, Mumbai police detained four MNS workers for playing 'Hanuman Chalisa' on a loudspeaker in front of the Shiv Sena headquarters in Dadar area.
Mr Fadnavis claimed that there was a lot of anger among people against the party-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the state.
