Mumbai, June 27 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday launched an attack the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for "stealing MPs" and "donations of Ram temple at Ayodhya".

"Earlier they used to steal MPs and MLAs of the opposition. Now they have stolen the money meant for the Ram Temple," he said.

He began on his three-day tour on Friday to Lok Sabha constituencies of defected MPs from Yavatmal, a constituency represented by defected MP Sanjay Deshmukh. Thackeray accused Deshmukh of betraying the mandate after getting elected against BJP led alliance.

"Changing parties after getting elected has become a business now. These are traitors. They won the election by defeating candidates of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and later s...