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Rajdeep Sardesai writes another open letter to Aaditya Thackeray; says Shiv Sena always consistent in justifying violence

In his letter, Rajdeep tried to puncture the arguments given by Aaditya Thackeray.

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A day after Rajdeep Sardesai wrote an open letter to Aaditya Thackeray condemning the smearing of ink on Sudheendra Kulkarni and the young Sena leader replied promptly , the eminent journalist has written another open letter in reply. 

Sardesai, in his letter, has tried to puncture the arguments given by Aaditya Thackeray. He asks why Sena didn't withdraw support when Modi met Pak PM Nawaz Sharif in Ufa. He also points out that Sena didn't utter a word when the book was being released in Delhi with BJP patriarch LK Advani in attendance. Sardesai asks if Sena's protest is confined to Mumbai only. 

Shiv Sena, on Monday, justified the ink smearing incident branding it 'non-violent' and 'historic'. Sardesai attacked this definition saying it was nothing but brazen use of muscle power and termed it 'undemocratic and unconstitutional'. 

In the letter, Sardesai asked if the Sena is above the land of the law and whether they are a political party or local militia. According to Sardesai, Sena has always believed in justifying acts of violence and it has not changed cutting across generations.

He points out that Sena's stand of holding each Pakistani guilty of terror is fundamentally flawed. Sardesai also rejects Aaditya's hypothesis that boycotting Pakistan, as done to South Africa during its apartheid days, will help. Instead, he believes in creating global opinion against Pakistan sponsored terror.

He says while Sena in opposition periodically highlighted farmers issue, it lost considerable edge and focus while being in power. Sardesai believes Sena as a party is suffering from an image trap.  He ends his letter saying that Sena should take cue from Aaditya's books and try to focus on civil debates rather than resorting to hostility. 

Read the full letter here

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