Mumbai, April 17 -- Maharashtra's former chief minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for linking the Congress with the Muslim League (ML), charging that the BJP had a "better experience" with the ML than any other political party.
Speaking at a news conference called to launch a song for the party's new symbol Mashaal (Flaming Torch), Uddhav dismissed Modi's criticism that the Congress' Lok Sabha poll manifesto carried the imprint of Muslim League and said: "The BJP has a better experience working with the Muslim League. During the pre-Independence i.e between 1940-42, Jan Sangh founder Shyamaprasad Mukherjee was against going with the Congress that was fighting...