Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna has criticised Bharatiya Janata Party president Lal Kishenchand Advani for his remarks on Mohammed Ali Jinnah and the Babri Masjid demolition and said that Hindus will not tolerate such politicians.
L K Advani on Tuesday morning resigned from the BJP party chief's post following widespread criticism from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its allied bodies of his comments in Pakistan, which included calling Jinnah a 'great secular leader'.
"Eighty crore Hindus in India will feel betrayed if someone wants to create a secular image for himself by showering praise on Jinnah," a front page edit in the Marathi daily said.
It also criticised Jinnah saying he sought the creation of a separate nation of Pakistan for his own vested interests.
The edit said Advani did not stop at just praising Jinnah, but also 'almost apologised to Muslims in Pakistan for the demolition of the Babri Masjid'.
The daily queried whether Advani's statement that the demolition was the saddest moment of his life was a change of heart or a political somersault.
"If anyone wants to gain something in politics by kicking Hindus, then it is their outlook. We don't want to gain anything by surrendering the self-respect of Hindus," the edit said.
"Shiv Sena is firm on the issue of Hindutva. We think Hindutva is nationalism. If somebody's life has become miserable due to Hindutva, why should we care? Let him sleep peacefully in his tomb in Pakistan," it added.
