By PTI
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday stated Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in “love” with Adolf Hitler who used to “do a lot of events”, and follows the German dictator.
Taking a dig, Raut stated that presently, if anybody praises Hitler it can’t be handled as sedition.
Speaking at a operate of Shiv Sena, the celebration’s chief spokesperson additionally stated that Sena founder Bal Thackeray had additionally admired Hitler who was a well-liked chief.
“Hitler used to do a lot of events that’s what Modi does. In fact, Modi follows Hitler. Look at social media. The way Hitler used to do events, Modi and his party do it similarly. I am not criticising him (Modi) though,” Raut stated.
He referred to Germany internet hosting the Summer Olympics in Berlin in 1936.
“Hitler was a popular leader who may have been defeated later. Balasaheb Thackeray (Shiv Sena founder) admired him. Even PM Modi is in love with him (Hitler). Currently, if anyone praises Hitler, it cannot be treated as sedition,” he stated.
Notably, the Shiv Sena-led MVA authorities is going through flak for reserving lawmaker couple Navneet Rana (Amravati MP) and her MLA husband Ravi Rana on the cost of sedition amid a row over the recitation of ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ in Mumbai.