The Different Gandhi
"Varun Gandhi is of a tender age. The BJP should not disown him. He is a different Gandhi. While one Gandhi asked Hindus to offer their second cheek to Muslims, Varun says Hindus should retaliate. We are in love with this secondGandhi…Varun has given voice to the long-simmering ire of Hindus against Islamic fundamentalism, there is no need to crucify Varun for what he said inPilibhit…the young BJP leader has embers of Hindutva in his heart…" reads the Shiv Sena’s endorsement for Varun Gandhi. From the editorial in Shiv Sena newspaperSaamna of March 18.
Walk The Talk
Raj Thackeray in an interview to DNA: "We will contest about 10 to 15 seats including all the six seats in Mumbai. We will go it alone. I don’t need an alliance, I am confident of winning….It’s rubbish to talk of alliance (withBJP). They have locked up all their ideologies in the cold box. They talk of Hindutva but do not utter a word on Ram temple, they talk of snapping ties with Pakistan but start the Samjhauta Express, they talk of terrorism but Parliament was attack when they were in power…I want my MPs in Parliament because whenever the issue of Marathi pride arises, no MP from Maharashtra open his mouth."