The wife of former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Sunday, called the ruling Shiv Sena "hypocrites" after media reports emerged that a memorial for the party patriarch, the late Bal Thackeray, in Aurangabad would require the felling of around 1,000 trees.

The Sena had opposed the cutting of trees for the Metro Line 3 car shed in Mumbai's Aarey Colony citing environmental concerns, and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, in one of his first major decisions after taking over as head of the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government, had issued a stay on the work.