India, Feb. 12 -- The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday objected to Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar showering praises at deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde at an event in New Delhi, saying its alliance partner should not have felicitated Shinde who had split the Shiv Sena.

Shinde was felicitated with an award at an event organised by Sarhad, an NGO, in the run up to the Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, an annual literary event. Pawar heads the reception committee set up by the organisers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the three-day Sammelan, which is being held in Delhi after 70 years, on February 21.

"Pawar should have avoided felicitating the person who split the Shiv Sena and pulled down th...