Mumbai, Feb. 11 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday demanded Bharat Ratna for the founder of Shiv Sena Bal Thackeray and accused the BJP of forgetting the friendship and contribution of Balasaheb Thackeray.

"Yes we want (Bharat Ratna for Balasaheb Thackeray). BJP has forgotten friendship and contribution otherwise they would not have been behaving like this with our party and Uddhav Thackeray," Aaditya Thackeray told reporters.

Earlier on February 9, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray demanded Bharat Ratna for the founder of Shiv Sena Bal Thackeray who passed away in 2012.

"Former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh, and S Swaminathan, father of the Indian Green Revolution, were posthumous...