India, Sept. 18 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray asked a Yuva Sena office-bearer to apologise for the manner in which three dogs were handled during a protest against the civic authorities' alleged inaction on stray dog bites, saying such conduct does not align with the party line.

In a post on X, Thackeray said he came across a video of the protest by a Yuva Sena office-bearer from Ahilyanagar, who protested against more than 470 dog-bite incidents in the city over the past five months and the alleged inaction of civic authorities.

"While one may question the inaction of the civic authorities to curb the dog bites and to shift the dogs to proper shelters with proper care, the protest should NOT have had the dogs being handle...