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 is part of the committee that is hosting the Sammelan which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 21, and will continue till February 23.

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