New Delhi: Scores of Shiv Sena workers went on rampage on Friday amid reports that Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is keen to attend prime minister-designate ’s swearing-in ceremony and Islamabad is ready to take a call on Modi’s invitation.

According to reports, protest was led by Jammu and Kashmir Shiv Sena chief Ashok Gupta, who has voiced his discontent with the invitation sent to Nawaz Sharif for Modi’s oath-taking ceremony. Some reports suggest that Shiv Sena workers also burnt an effigy of Sharif.

It is pertinent to note that Modi’s invitation to Nawaz Sharif has invited widespread criticidm from opposition and some leaders went on to the extent of calling the move hypocritical.

Other believe, Modi's invitation to all the SAARC heads of state, including Nawaz Sharif, to attend the oath-taking ceremony, has been construed as his way of signaling a new beginning of regional cooperation in South Asia.

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