This is a defeat of injustice and lies: Shiv Sena

TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ The Shiv Sena Thursday continued its tirade against senior ally BJP, saying its rout in the just held state polls was the “defeat of injustice and lies”. It said along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah, throats of even their party workers had turned hoarse while calling for a”Congress-free” country and condolences were being offered every day to the nation’s oldest party.

“However,Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has beaten them in their own turf. This is the defeat of injustice and lies. Pride has been captured and ego crushed,”the Sena said in an editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’.

“Our culture is that along with one’s loss, a win should also be accepted humbly, however, this culture was destroyed after the Lok Sabha election of 2014,”it said in sarcastic remarks. The BJP lost its governments to Congress in the Hindi heartland states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the just concluded polls.

“Those who built the party, were ousted. Friends, who did not give up in bad times,were termed enemies. People, who lifted you up from dust, themselves are in ruins today. They (BJP)could not register a win in a single state because the country doesn’t need industrialists,” the Sena said.