Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and Mumbai president Ashish Shelar took the BJP's Hindutva debate with the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena northwards, saying that Sena's Hindutva is only speech, while BJP’s Hindutva is of the act.

In an exclusive interview with Mid-Day, Shelar said: "Their Hindutva is only verbatim. My Hindutva and my party’s Hindutva is of the act. Therefore there cannot be any comparison as such."