Continuing its tirade against ally Bhartiya Janata Party, the Shiv Sena on Thursday, 13 December said that the defeat of the BJP in the recent state Assembly polls is a "defeat of injustice and lies."

“Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has beaten them in their own turf. This is the defeat of injustice and lies. Pride has been captured and ego crushed," the Sena said in an editorial published in the party’s mouthpiece 'Saamana'.

Sena’s who is ally of BJP at the centre and Maharashtra, has recently expressed displeasure with the latter over its delay in the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The remarks made by Sena comes days after BJP lost its governments to Congress in the Hindi heartland states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.