Maharashtra, Aug. 3 -- Following NCP-SCP MLA Jitendra Awhad's "Sanatan Dharma has ruined India," comment, several political leaders including BJP MP Medha Kulkarni, Shiv Sena's Shaina NC, among others have hit back.

"It has become a trend for the Opposition to criticise Sanatan Dharma... His saying that Sanatan Dharma is a perverted ideology distinct from Hindu Dharma shows you his lack of education, and he is responsible for caste oppression and social exclusion by making such preposterous comments," Shaina NC told reporters.

Jitendra Awhad, on Sunday, made explosive statements claiming that "there was never any religion called Sanatan Dharma," and this "so‑called Sanatan Dharma denied Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj his coronation."...