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\nTwo days after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended birthday greetings to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, hardline Hindu nationalist party Shiv Sena in a veiled reference to the event slammed the Indian premier\u2019s soft diplomacy, NDTV reported.
\nThe Shiv Sena in an op-ed in its newspaper Saamana invoked Chhatrapati Shivaji, a prominent Hindu warrior, saying that he never extended good wishes to his enemies.
\nThe right-wing party said: \u201cWhat is outstanding about Shivaji Maharaj\u2019s thoughts is that he considered enemies of Swarajya as enemies of the nation. Shivaji Maharaj never extended birthday greetings to Aurangzeb, Afzal Khan and Shaista Khan.\u201d
\nModi had used social networking website Twitter to extend greetings to Nawaz on his birthday. \u201cBirthday wishes to Pakistan PM Mr Nawaz Sharif. I pray for his long and healthy life,\u201d read Modi\u2019s tweet.
\nThe Indian premier\u2019s birthday wishes come as tensions simmer between Pakistan and India amid intermittent ceasefire violations across the Line of Control and Working Boundary following an alleged \u2018surgical strike\u2019, unrest in Kashmir and the Uri army base attack.
\nMaryam Nawaz, PM Nawaz\u2019s daughter tweeted in response to Modi: \u201cThank u for your kind prayers. Shared your tweet with my father who deeply appreciates the gesture and conveys his best.\u201d
\nLast year, Mr Modi while returning from his Afghanistan visit had \u201cdropped by\u201d in Lahore on a \u2018surprise\u2019 visit to greet Nawaz on his birthday and also to attend his granddaughter\u2019s wedding.
\nThe Indian prime minister gifted PM Nawaz a pink Rajasthani turban which the latter wore at the wedding ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Delhi Two days after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended birthday greetings to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, hardline Hindu nationalist party Shiv Sena in a veiled reference to the event slammed the Indian premier\u2019s soft diplomacy, NDTV reported. The Shiv Sena in an op-ed in its newspaper Saamana invoked Chhatrapati Shivaji, a prominent Hindu warrior, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n