Uddhav Thackeray walks tightrope between MVA and Hindutva amidst BJP-Shinde heat over Rahul's Savarkar barbs.

Uddhav Thackeray, the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief and Maharashtra Chief Minister, has done a tightrope walk between his commitment to the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance's common battle against the BJP-Shinde Sena and his party's Hindutva credentials. This comes after Rahul Gandhi's recent comment on Savarkar, which drew fire from the BJP. The Savarkar issue has brought the ideological differences between the Congress and the Sena (UBT) to the fore, even as Uddhav has continued to balance his party's Hindutva credentials with his alliance commitments.