BJP and Shiv Sena workers clashed at several places across the state after the arrest of Union Minister Rane
Clarion Team
MUMBAI — BJP workers performed a “shuddikaran” ceremony at the party office in Jalgaon district on Saturday as part of cleaning up the premises after Shiv Sena activists released chickens there.
According to The Indian Express report, a group of BJP workers hired a priest to perform the purification ceremony including a yagna fire ritual.
Both BJP and Shiv Sena workers clashed at several places across the state, taking out protests and putting up posters against each other after the arrest of Union Minister Narayan Rane on Wednesday. They even put up posters against each other.
According to the report, Shiv Sena workers had even erected banners calling Rane a “kombdi chor” or chicken thief and had released chickens at BJP offices in Pune and Jalgaon.
Deepka Suryavanshi, a BJP activist remarked that Shiv Sena’s actions have defiled their premises during the Shravan month.
Shiv Sainiks had been unhappy after Union Minister Rane, earlier this week, visited the Bal Thackeray National Memorial in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park to offer tributes during the Jan Ashirwad Yatra.
The Sena members condemned this act saying that Rane had no moral right to visit the memorial after being expelled from Shiv Sena Party.
Shortly after the visit, Sena members ‘purified’ the premises using gau mutra (cow urine).
