Though allies in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena and BJP never cease to take a dig at each other whenever the opportunity presents itself.
One look at the picture plastered on the front page of Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana on Thursday speaks volumes.
As the Modi government completes two years at the Centre, Shiv Sena published an image of a white tiger that looks like it's attacking a lion. The image was captioned, "आफ्रिकेच्या जंगलातील हे थरारक दृश्य! इथे वाघाच्या इलाख्यात घुसण्याचा प्रयत्न करणार्या सिंहाच्या नरडीचा घोट वाघाने घेतला तो असा! वाघाचा इलाखा असतो, या इलाख्यात कोणी घुसायचे नसते, मग भले तो सिंह असेल, वाघ त्याच्या नरडीचा घोट घेतोच. कारण इथे राज्य वाघाचे, सत्ता वाघाची आणि दराराही फक्त वाघाचाच!"
The caption roughly translates to, "This image from the jungles of Africa shows a tiger killing a lion trying to trespass his territory. Territory always belongs to a tiger. Nobody should dare to cross it, even if it's a lion (king of the jungle). Tiger will kill them. It's the tiger's game and the tiger's rule."
The pictorial jibe comes in the wake of comments made by Prakash Mehta, Minister of Housing, Labor and Mining of Maharashtra about the end of the rule of tiger, which is Shiv Sena's symbol.
