Backing Tharoor, Shiv Sena Says ‘Cows Safer Than Women in India’

Tharoor had slammed the Centre for the recent spate of mob lynchings in the name of cow vigilantism in India.

A day after Congress MP Shashi Tharoor launched a scathing attack on the government over the issue of mob lynchings, the ruling NDA’s ally Shiv Sena has followed suit.

While Tharoor had slammed the government by stating that cows were safer than Muslims in some parts of the country, party chief Uddhav Thackeray said that in India, “cows are safe but women are not.”

In an interview with the party mouthpiece ‘Saamna’, Thackeray said BJP's idea of Hindutva was fake, and criticised the government for failing to check cow vigilantism.

In the name of saving the cow, if you are shifting focus to whether someone is eating beef or not, then it is a sham. This is not Hindutva. I do not accept the idea of Hindutva that is being adhered to in the country. Our women are unsafe and you are protecting cows.