Pawar saheb, you are indulging in hate politics of caste and religion: Raj Thackeray 

At a rally in Aurangabad on Sunday, MNS chief Raj Thackeray accused NCP leader Sharad Pawar of indulging in "hate politics of caste and religion".

While addressing a massive rally in Maharashtra's Aurangabad on Sunday, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray took a potshot at Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar.

He said, "Sharad Pawar says that we are against the country. Pawar saheb, you are doing hate politics of caste and religion."

Raj Thackeray accused Sharad Pawar of dividing Maharashtra along caste lines over a book written by James Lane on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

Aurangzeb wrote a letter about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj-that Shivaji was a great leader. We forgot this history. This was our Maharashtra. Today we're seeing the condition -they're speaking against Maharashtra, doing politics: MNS chief Raj Thackeray in Aurangabad, Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/capJT9bWGT

"Pawar said the British writer wrote false and derogatory things about Shivaji Maharaj based on information provided by Shiv Shahir Babasaheb Purandare, a Brahmin. Later, in an India Today interview, the author clarified that he had not spoken to Purandare," he said at the rally.