India, July 5 -- Standing before hundreds of Shiv Sena (UBT) workers after reciting the Ram Raksha Stotra, Hanuman Chalisa and Maruti Stotra at Dadar in Mumbai on Sunday, party chief Uddhav Thackeray sought to claim the political pitch that long defined the party founded by his father - the lexicon and rhetoric of Hindutva.

Launching the party's 'Ram Raksha Andolan' (Movement to Save Lord Ram) over alleged irregularities in donations made to the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, Uddhav Thackeray accused the BJP-led Centre of "looting Hindus". He urged people to reclaim what he described as the true legacy of Hindutva, and sought to position his Sena as the authentic inheritor of Bal Thackeray's politics. That's an issue at the heart ...