BJP slams Shiv Sena as MVA ally Congress set to inaugurate Tipu Sultan Maidan in Mumbai

The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Shiv Sena as its Maha Vikas Agadhi (MVA) ally Congress is set to inaugurate "Tipu Sultan Maidan" in Mumbai on January 26. The BJP's ire against its former ally comes amid a rise in their tussle in recent days. BJP leader and party National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla took to Twitter and shared a hoarding of the "Tipu Sultan Maidan" that will be inaugurated in Mumbai.

Further, he also slammed the Shiv Sena for giving a lecture on Hindutva. He also questioned Sena on whether it opposes or supports Congress' move. Further, he questioned if the Shiv Sena made another compromise for the sake of power. Taking a massive swipe, Poonawalla also avered that the Shiv Sena abandoned Veer Savarkar. 

"If you oppose it,then why not stop it?" questioned Shehzad Poonawalla 

'Wasted 25 years in alliance': Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray 

Earlier on Monday, Shiv Sena supremo and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was addressing his party on account of his father Balasaheb Thackeray's 96th birth anniversary. Thackeray launched a massive attack on his party's former ally BJP and accused it of undermining the ideology of Hindutva as per its own convenience. Addressing the party members and workers virtually. Uddhav Thackeray explictly avered that Shiv Sena had "wasted 25 years in an alliance" with BJP. Both parties have constantly engaged in a war of words since their fallout after the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections. The Shiv Sena parted ways with the BJP and later formed an alliance with the NCP and Congress. 

"We have left BJP, not Hindutva. BJP is not Hindutva. They (BJP) have started to use Hindutva for their own interests. The meaning of Hindutva will always remain the same. The Hindutva that changes meaning as per convenience is not our Hindutva. They ally with Hindutvawadis for the sake of power," said Uddhav Thackeray 

"They ally with Mehbooba Mufti for the sake of power. They ally with Nitish Kumar who called for RSS-free India for the sake of power. They ally with Chandrababu Naidu who once said 'Modi hatao' for the sake of power. Where is the Uniform Civil Code? In the garb of Hindutva, cow slaughter is prohibited in some states. But they don't ban cow slaughter elsewhere for the sake of votes," Thackeray added