Indian Hindu nationalist group Shiv Sena has demanded Muslims from Bangladesh and Pakistan be thrown out of India, according to media reports.
"The Muslim infiltrators from Pakistan and Bangladesh should be driven out of India. There should be no doubt about that." the Sena said in an editorial in party mouthpiece ''Saamana'', reports PTI.
The call on Saturday (Jan 25) came two days after another nationalist far-right Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) declared its support to the Narendra Modi-government over eviction of Bangladeshi and Pakistani infiltrators, according to PTI.
Hitting out at the MNS chief Raj Thackeray for stating that the Shiv Sena had changed its colour to become part of the Modi-government, the party said such comments show the "political bankruptcy".
"Those who say this should check the masks and multi-coloured make up on their own faces," it said.
"BJP changed its colour in 2014 and 2019. Now since Shiv Sena is not going to change despite being in alliance with Congress and NCP, a conspiracy has been hatched to divide the Hindutva votes," the saffron party alleged.
"Raj Thackeray has now backed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and will take out a march in its support. But a month ago, he had a taken different stand. He had then said that the new law is a move to divert people''s attention from important issues like economic slowdown," it said.
On Jan 23, Raj Thackeray had defended the CAA and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and also announced that the MNS would take out a protest march on February 9 seeking eviction of illegal migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh, according to PTI.