Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday likened Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, inviting a sharp retort from the BJP which said the people of the country will give a befitting reply to such attacks on the PM, reported news agency PTI.

Ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2024, addressing a rally in Buldhana in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, Sanjay Raut said while Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of Maratha empire, was born in Maharashtra, Aurangzeb was born in present-day Gujarat.