Mumbai, March 5 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday alleged that Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi is the BJP's "B team" and said that anyone praising Aurangzeb or insulting Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj has no place in India or Maharashtra.

"If anybody praises Aurangzeb or insults Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, that person has no place in India or Maharashtra. Especially, we hope and believe that when the BJP is governing, such a statement should not have been made," Thackeray told reporters.

He further claimed that Azmi was being used by the BJP to divert attention whenever the party faced trouble in Maharashtra.

"Abu Azmi is B team of the BJP. Every time the BJP comes into trouble in Maharashtra, they activate Abu Azmi. Tha...