{"id":208158,"date":"2026-08-17T14:21:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=208158"},"modified":"2026-08-17T14:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:21:50","slug":"bjp-turning-independence-day-into-political-spectacle-uddhav-sena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/17\/bjp-turning-independence-day-into-political-spectacle-uddhav-sena.html","title":{"rendered":"BJP turning Independence Day into political spectacle: Uddhav Sena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-208159\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/uday.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/uday.jpg 558w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/uday-308x220.jpg 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) has said the BJP is turning India\u2019s Independence Day into a political event, saying the national day has taken on a \u201cfestive and partisan tone\u201d over the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, in an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana, the Thackeray camp said initiatives like \u2018Tiranga Yatra\u2019 and \u2018Har Ghar Tiranga\u2019 were aimed at projecting the ruling party as the \u201cprimary creators and protectors\u201d of the national flag.<\/p>\n<p>It said organisations that were absent from the freedom struggle are now leading rallies, while thousands of freedom fighters sacrificed their lives holding the tricolour.<\/p>\n<p>The editorial also recalled that the RSS headquarters in Nagpur did not hoist the Indian flag for years after Independence. \u201cFigures leading 15 August\u2019s rallies did not participate in the independence movement or face baton charges. Now substantial funds are being spent on cutouts and rallies to bolster public standing,\u201d the editorial said, alleging the BJP is using Independence Day for political gains amid mounting protests and challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) has said the BJP is turning India\u2019s Independence Day into a political event, saying the national day has taken on a \u201cfestive and partisan tone\u201d over the past decade. According to Kashmir Media Service, in an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana, the Thackeray camp said initiatives like \u2018Tiranga &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":208159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BJP turning Independence Day into political spectacle: Uddhav Sena &#062; Kashmir Media Service<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/17\/bjp-turning-independence-day-into-political-spectacle-uddhav-sena.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BJP turning Independence Day into political spectacle: Uddhav Sena &#062; Kashmir Media Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) has said the BJP is turning India\u2019s Independence Day into a political event, saying the national day has taken on a \u201cfestive and partisan tone\u201d over the past decade. 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