"We are certified goondas," Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut declared on Thursday after clashes outside party office in Mumbai. He then explained: "When it comes to Marathi pride and Hindutva, we are certified goondas". The Sena MP added that the party office was a symbol of the state and its people.
The Sena and BJP workers came to blows outside the Sena Bhavan after the BJP youth wing held a protest march against "offensive'' remarks in Sena mouthpiece Saamana about the Ayodhya land controversy.
"Balasaheb Thackeray used to sit at the Shiv Sena Bhavan. If someone charges at the Shiv Sena Bhavan, we will answer and if that's called goondagiri, then we are goondas," Sanjay Raut said.