Union Minister Amit Shah said that had Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray been alive, he would have hugged PM Narendra Modi for the success of Operation Sindoor. He criticised Shiv Sena (UBT) for mocking the multi-party delegations on Operation Sindoor saying, "I don't know what...happened to...Uddhav Sena. They called the delegations a baraat when their own members are a part."