In a fierce attack on NCP leader Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray equated him with 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed and said he has “lost his sense of proportion” after the poll debacle. Mr. Uddhav came to this conclusion in an editorial in their party's mouthpiece Saamana.
In a veiled attack on the Centre’s ruling party, Mr. Pawar had on Sunday said “communal fever” was spreading after BJP came to power. Hitting back at Pawar's comment Uddhav Thackeray said "His sense of proportion has gone for a toss after his party’s debacle in Lok Sabha polls. It is difficult to predict what Pawar will say and when. There was one murder (Pune techie killing) in Maharashtra. What has the Modi government got to do with it?” “Pawar should know that Modi government was not in power when (Ajmal) Kasab and others attacked Mumbai,” he said.
On sunday Mr.Pawar criticized BJP's rise for the recent mob violence in Pune, which left a techie dead. "Fifteen days have passed since BJP came to power with absolute majority and a communal fever is spreading. Communal violence rocked some places in the state and a young professional was killed," Pawar told a meeting of NCP workers, while referring to the killing of techie Mohsin Shaikh at Pune last week allegedly by right wing Hindu Rashtra Sena.
"This has not happened before. Certain ideologies which were lying low all these years are now raising their heads and some sections of the society are living in fear," Mr. Pawar had said.
