India, April 3 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said his party voted against the Waqf bill in Parliament to oppose the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance government's "ploy" to "grab land and give it to its industrialist friends".

"We voted against it to oppose the hypocrisy of BJP and their intentions of land grabbing through this bill," Thackeray said, adding that the "BJP should remove colour green from its party flag if it dislikes Muslims".

He said that on one hand BJP leaders, including Union home minister Amit Shah, made speeches appeasing Muslims while advocating the bill, while on the other they targetted those who voted against the bill.

"If the aim is to appease Muslims, then w...