Mumbai, Nov. 13 -- Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Friday launched a scathing attack on the BJP, accusing it of deliberately attempting to engineer communal friction in Maharashtra over Chhath Puja to reap political dividends in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
In a strongly worded social media post, Thackeray alleged that the BJP, unable to win elections on the strength of its development work, resorts to instigating clashes between communities and winning polls on 'the spilt blood of people'.
He claimed that the ruling party and its 'poisonous social media' machinery were making desperate efforts to create unrest in Mumbai and across Maharashtra over the Chhath Puja issue. Referring to recent in...