Mumbai, Oct. 7 -- Bharatiya Janata Party media cell chief Navnath Ban today sharply criticized Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, accusing him of expressing Pakistan-sympathetic views in an editorial published in 'Saamana', the mouthpiece of the Uddhav Thackeray faction.

Ban claimed that Raut's editorial effectively turned 'Saamana' into Pakistan's mouthpiece.

In the editorial, Raut criticized the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), alleging that they only deliver lectures about 'Akhand Bharat' (Undivided India) without real action.

Ban said Raut would never understand the value or meaning of Akhand Bharat. He is engrossed in empty chatter and trivial writings, he added.

He made these remarks durin...