Mumbai, May 14 (PTI) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today lambasted his one-time protege, and present Maharashtra PWD minister, Chhagan Bhujbal, for questioning the ideological contradictions in the saffron party's newly-formed alliance with Ramdas Athavale's RPI.
In an editorial in the party mouthpiece "Saamana", Thackeray said Bhujbal, who had once washed the Hutatma Chowk (memorial of martyrs of Samyukta Maharashtra movement in Mumbai) after dalit mobs had been there during a protest, or had accused NCP chief Sharad Pawar of corruption during his earlier avatar as Shiv Sena leader, should not talk about others' change of heart.
At a recent NCP meeting Bhujbal had ridiculed coming together of RPI and opposition Sena-BJP, commenting that leaders of both groups should clarify their stand on various issues, including reservations, where their stands were poles apart.