July 23
Taking a dig at the BJP-led government over incidents of mob lynching, the Shiv Sena Chief, Udav Thackrey today said cows were safer than women in the country.
“We are a part of the government but if something is wrong, we will definitely talk about it. We are friends of the Bharatiya Janata, not of any party,” Thackeray said, taking a dig at Bhartiya Janata Party.
“In this country, cows are safe but women are not,” he said in an interview to Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’.
“In the name of saving the cow, if you are shifting focus to whether someone is eating beef or not, then it is a sham. This is not Hindutva.
Shiv Sena is BJP’s alliance partner in Maharashtra and the Centre. On incidents of mob lynching in the country, the Shiv Sena chief said BJP’s idea of Hindutva was fake and criticised the government for failing to check cow vigilantism.