"Sena Wasn't Even Born...": BJP Responds To "Opportunistic Hindutva" Jibe
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Ex Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Uddhav Thackeray's comments showed that he was frustrated by his party finishing fourth in recent Nagar Panchayat or local body polls and was taking it out on the BJP.
The BJP, stung by former ally Uddhav Thackeray's comment that it used Hindutva for political convenience, today hit back at the Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief.
"Shiv Sena has selective memory. The Shiv Sena was not even born when BJP had its members in the Mumbai civic body. In the 1984 election, their party candidate contested on a BJP ticket," BJP leader and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said.
Addressing a Shiv Sena event yesterday, Uddhav Thackeray had said that the 25 years the Sena spent with BJP as an ally "were a waste".
"Shiv Sena had aligned with the BJP as it wanted power for Hindutva. Sena never used Hindutva for the sake of power," he said.
