LIVE! 'Saamana' equates BJP to Mohammed Ghori

November 19, 2019 12:21

The Shiv Sena on Tuesday likened its one-time ally BJP to 13th century invader Mohammed Ghori who killed Prithviraj Chauhan despite the legendary king sparing his life several times.

In a hard-hitting editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana, the Sena said it would "uproot" the BJP as the latter had dared to "challenge us", claiming the ruling party's "leaders were kids" when the Sena's support helped form the NDA.

The two parties, which fought assembly polls together in Maharashtra and came up with 161 seats jointly in the 288-member House, fell out over the sharing of the chief minister's post and have since been attacking each other.

The Sena is in talks with the Congress and the NCP currently to form a non-BJP government in the Maharashtra.

In the editorial, Saamana said, "Mohammed of Ghor, said to have laid the foundation of Islamic rule in India, fought several battles with Hindu king Prithviraj Chauhan and the latter always spared him (after defeat). But when the invader won a battle, he killed Prithviraj Chauhan."

"Even in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena has spared such ungrateful people several times and now they are trying to back-stab us," the editorial said, without mentioning the BJP by name.

Image: Saamana editor Sanjay Raut

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