Former Lok Sabha MP Milind Deora on Friday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena were democratic parties while the Congress was not, reported the PTI.

Milind Deora, who recently quit the Congress and joined the Shiv Sena, was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Eknath Shinde-led party`s convention in Kolhapur.