The Shiv Sena in its mouthpiece Saamana claimed that BJP is not very different from family-run parties and termed their regime "autocratic". This came after PM Narendra Modi called such political parties 'threats to democracy'. "The biggest threat to democracy is..to come to power democratically and [rule autocratically]...(Congress) has not sold the pillars of democracy,” the editorial read.

The Shiv Sena in its mouthpiece Saamana claimed that BJP is not very different from family-run parties and termed their regime "autocratic". This came after PM Narendra Modi called such political parties 'threats to democracy'. "The biggest threat to democracy is..to come to power democratically and [rule autocratically]...(Congress) has not sold the pillars of democracy,” the editorial read.