Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today felicitated six party workers who allegedly smeared ORF chairman Sudheendra Kulkarni's face with black paint to protest former Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri's book launch in Mumbai.

"During his meeting with these activists, Uddhavji patted them for their work," a source close to the Sena leader told PTI. The Sena workers met Uddhav at the latter's residence 'Matoshree' in suburban Bandra this afternoon.