“Malegaon ruling, ‘Sanatani terror’—Mahayuti, MVA draw battlelines in Maharashtra”, The Print, August 5, 2025:
“The ruling parties in Maharashtra are on the offensive against what it calls as appeasement politics after the Opposition’s subtle change of narrative from ‘saffron’ to ‘Sanatani terror’ post Malegaon ruling.
The court’s acquittal to all seven accused comes as a shot in the arm for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena (Shinde)—partners in the ruling Mahayuti alliance—ahead of the local body polls to strengthen their Hindutva politics.
Political analyst Abhay Deshpande said that both the rulings—the Malegaon blasts and the Mumbai train blasts—came within the same week and despite the two being similar, both BJP and the Opposition took differing views…..”
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