India, July 3 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the alleged Ram Mandir embezzlement of donations case by saying that the ruling party might be using the funds to "break political parties".

The Sena (UBT) chief's accusations come following the defection of six parliamentarians from his party to the Shiv Sena (Shinde), a member of BJP's National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

While addressing a press conference on Friday, Thackeray raised the possibility of the BJP carrying out an "Operation Ram Mandir" in order to break MPs and MLAs away from their political parties.

"The way MPs and MLAs are being broken and this is being called an operation... Is the BJP carrying ...