Reportedly Sena is thought to be partners with the bjp, but actually, it has no core Hindutva ideology. Meanwhile the Sena is an equal opportunity hater and later it has drawn blood from north indians, south indians as well as muslims as it has sought to build itself. Perhaps it is a fact that Sena leaders participated in the demolition of the babri masjid and in the subsequent riots against Mumbai’s muslims in 1992-93 and Sena leaders including madhukar Sarpotdar were convicted due to this action.
Furthermore it is also true that in mumbai the Sena is willing to humiliate and brutalize the same north indian hindus with whom they participated in the ayodhya vandalism. The same dislike and resentment that the Sena shows to muslims in general, it can show to others quite easily. Apparently the party has long claimed to be the bulwark of secularism in india against the dark forces of Hindutva.
Moreover all three of them, the Sena, the india NATIONAL CONGRESS' target='_blank' title='congress-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>congress and the ncp, fear marginalization and increasing irrelevance because of the new, narendra modi led bjp and that is a legitimate fear. Perhaps the sort of competence that the bjp brings to elections and to holding onto power is fearsome and it is this awesome power that is forcing its opponents into actions that would be unthinkable in the age of our national politics before Narendra Modi.
