File photo of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.
Hitting back at NCP chief Sharad Pawar who blamed the BJP's rise for the recent mob violence in Pune which left an IT professional dead, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today equated him with 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed and said he had "lost his sense of proportion" after the poll debacle.
"Pawar is speaking like Hafeez Saeed. After the violence following objectionable posts in social media, Pawar said such forces have raised their head after (Narendra) Modi government came to power.
"It is difficult to predict what Pawar will say and when.
"His sense of proportion has gone for a toss after his party's debacle in Lok Sabha polls," Mr Thackeray said in an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece, Saamna.
"There was one murder (Pune techie killing) in Maharashtra. What has the Modi government got to do with it?" Mr Thackeray said.
"Pawar should know that Modi government was not in power when (Ajmal) Kasab and others attacked Mumbai," he said.
The Sena chief claimed that NCP minister Jitendra Awhad, who is close to Mr Pawar, doesn't allow police to act against goons in Mumbra-Kalwa area in Thane as the culprits belong to a specific religious community.
On Saeed blaming Mr Modi for Sunday's attack on the Karachi airport, Mr Thackeray said he should remember that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan had claimed responsibility for it.
In a veiled attack on the BJP, Mr Pawar had, on Sunday, said "communal fever" was spreading after the party came to power.
"Fifteen days have passed since BJP came to power with absolute majority and a communal fever is spreading. Communal violence rocked some places in the state and a young professional was killed," Mr Pawar told a meeting of NCP workers, while referring to the killing of techie, Mohsin Shaikh in Pune last week allegedly by the right-wing Hindu Rashtra Sena.
"This has not happened before. Certain ideologies which were lying low all these years are now raising their heads and some sections of the society are living in fear," he had said.