India, Oct. 21 -- Shiv Sena chief leader and Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde on Tuesday put down the current nationwide protests against the Election Commission of India and the BJP to an "international conspiracy". He was speaking at the Shiv Sena's annual Dussehra rally at the NESCO grounds in Goregaon.

In a veiled attack on the Cockroach Janata Party and members of the opposition INDIA alliance, Shinde said they and foreign powers were behind the spreading of "anarchy". "What they say will become headlines in Pakistan," he said. "They stay in Hindustan and speak the language of Pakistan. This is unfortunate and an anti-India act." Shinde added that the "nationalists of India" would remember this and "show them their place in the e...