Few alleged Shiv Sena party workers on Monday threw black paint at writer-former BJP ideologue Sudheendra Kulkarni in Mumbai ahead of the launch of book by former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri. Sudheendra Kulkari was the key organiser of the launch of Kasuri’s book “Neither a Hawk nor a Dove: An Insider’s Account of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy”. According to Sudheendra, few activists of Shiv Sena smeared him with black ink for refusing to cancel kasuri’s book launch.
Shiv Sena dubbed the incident as a “mild reaction” to protest against Kulkarni’s invitation to former Pakistan foreign minister. Sena leader Sanjay Raut on his part has said that the ink attack was a mild, non-violent reaction to Pakistan spilling the blood of Indian soldiers. Sena said that the protest against book launch would continue.
Despite several threats from Sena activists, Sudheendra is going ahead and organising the book launch of Kasuri. Meanwhile, leaders like LK Advani, D Raja have extended support to Sudheendra condemning the ink attack. Kulkarni, Kasuri made it clear that the book will be launched as per the plan.