Shiv Sena says ‘Narendra Modi broke alliance with it in 2014 for the sake of power’ 

Shiv Sena leader and editor of Saamana Uddhav Thackeray.

The Shiv Sena claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke alliance with it for the sake of power and targeted him over his “power is like oxygen for some people” remark.

While taking a jibe at the opposition, Modi had said, on Monday, “Power is like oxygen for some people with restlessness setting in if they are out of it for even two or five years.”

Targeting Modi in an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamana, on Wednesday, the Shiv Sena said, “Saheb, the experiment to break the alliance with with Hindutva proponent Shiv Sena was conducted in 2014 for the sake of total power.”

Sena, which an ally of the BJP at the Centre and in Maharashtra, said, “Now when people are pulling out the tubes of this oxygen cylinder of Hindutva, statements are made (by BJP) unilaterally that an alliance with Sena will happen.”

It also added, “The government's move to snoop on computers and mobile phones is not a sign of a real democracy and freedom, but its restlessness to stay in power.”

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