Summary:
An editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' reminded the BJP that"Aurangabad was renamed as Sambhajinagar by Sena supremo late Balasaheb Thackeray 25 years ago". The BJP leader said "we are descendants of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his son Sambhaji Maharaj, and not of Aurangzeb. Taking a dim view of Patil's remarks, the Shiv Sena said, "What was the need for him to say they are descendants of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. "Why didn't you (BJP) rename Aurangabad? Notably, it was the Shiv Sena, the BJP's friend-turned-foe, which had first demanded to rename of Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar decades ago..