Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) projected itself as the sole winner in the Ram Mandir issue, its former ally, the Shiv Sena, did not shy from taking credit for one of the bloodiest chapters in the country's socio-political history - the demolition of the Babri Masjid that ultimately paved the way for the Hindutva brigade, including the BJP-Sena alliance, to the governments in the state and Centre.

The BJP celebrated across the country, so did the Sena, but took offense in not getting invited to the bhoomi pujan ceremony in Ayodhya, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed in the presence of the chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).