Senior BJP leader and former Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra, Amar Shankar Sable, on Monday questioned the language of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for his father Balasaheb Thackeray and said that junior Thackeray, who is sitting in the lap of Congress, is disrepecting Balasaheb.

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray said on Sunday that the BJP had often cheated Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray in the past on the pretext of an alliance for Hindutva. He said that the BJP had often cheated Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray in the past on the pretext of an alliance for propagating Hindutva and added that he is not so "gullible" as his father.