On Monday, in continuation building up tensions with its ally BJP, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said in the name of protecting the cow, India had become the most unsafe country for women. The BJP government was attacked by him by passing remarks over incidents of mob lynching across the country.
Thackeray said in an interview to Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamna’ that “Shiv Sena never said cows should be slaughtered. But while protecting cows, India has become the most unsafe country for women. One should be ashamed of it. You want to save ‘gau-mata’ (cow) but what about ‘mata’ (mother).”
Thackeray justified that so many years the Shiv Sena and BJP were allies because of the shared ideology of Hindutva, the status of Hindus, national interest and the country’s security among others.
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The chief said saffron party had no right to decide who was a nationalist and anti-national in relation to BJP party’s positioning.
Further Thackeray added, “We are a part of the government but if something is wrong, we will definitely talk about it. We are friends of the Bharatiya Janata, not of any party.”
Thackeray evidently took a stance for his party saying they opposed only those decisions that appeared not to be protecting the interests of the poor.