India, Nov. 3 -- Farm activist Kishore Tiwari has resigned from the Shiv Sena (UBT), expressing strong opposition to a possible alliance between Uddhav Thackeray's faction and Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).

In a statement released on Monday, Tiwari alleged that the MNS has long been against Hindi-speaking people, linguistic minorities, and Muslims-communities he described as the "main backbone of the Maha Vikas Aghadi and the Opposition INDIA bloc."

Tiwari said he submitted his resignation from the party's primary membership on Sunday, adding that he could not support any political alignment that threatens communal and linguistic harmony in Maharashtra.

He claimed that in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, Shiv...