As Modi-Uddhav shares stage, BJP-Sena strains comes to fore

Strains in relations between BJP and Shiv Sena came to the fore during a public meeting addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray's speech was interrupted for a while,apparently by BJP supporters present among the audience.

The reaction of BJP workers was in response to Shiv Sena activists causing disturbance during the speech of state revenue minister Chandrakant Patil. Uddhav shared the dais with PM Modi and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at the MMRDA ground in the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) here, after laying foundation of various big ticket infrastructure projects.

Thackeray's speech was interrupted for a while after some of the BJP supporters started chanting "Modi, Modi," which made the Shiv Sena chief to stop for a while. Earlier, when Patil's speech was disturbed, Devendra Fadnavis personally intervened and controlled the crowd.

Earlier this week, during the inauguration of Ram Mandir station here, Shiv Sena and BJP workers had sparred over by indulging in sloganeering and interrupting the speeches of senior leaders. Shiv Sena has been criticising various decisions of Prime Minister Modi as well as those taken by the Fadnavis government from time-to-time.