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Joel thakkar

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10. shiv sena

Reply to Recursion (Reply #6)

Mon May 19, 2014, 01:15 PM

May 2014

shiv sena is not secular...and they always have a marathi card playing...but i think as BJP has got majority on its own..shiv sena won't have a big role now...

same is with congress..they have aligned with All India Muslim League in kerala...a party name which includes a religious name cannot be secular in my opinion...(also shiv is name of a hindu god..thus shiv sena is also communal)

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well Joel thakkar May 2014 #11

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