Mumbai, Jan. 24 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray said that the Sena UBT faction cannot be destroyed, calling it more than a political outfit and describing it as an ideology and a symbol of the sons of the soil.

He made the remarks while addressing party workers during the centenary celebrations of his father, Balasaheb Thackeray, and asserted that the BJP's attempts to finish off the Shiv Sena would fail.

"Shiv Sena is not just a political party. And if the BJP thinks that Shiv Sena will finish it off, you cannot finish Shiv Sena; you cannot destroy Shiv Sena because Shiv Sena is not a party; Shiv Sena is an ideology. Shiv Sena is the ember of the sons of the soil. And Shiv Sena is the torch burning in the hearts of the oppres...