Former MP Madhukar Sarpotdar of the Shiv Sena was convicted for his role in the 1992-93 Mumbai riots case.

As expected, party patriarch Bal Thackeray immediately sprang to his defence, saying ‘Sarpotdar’s only crime was raising the Vande Mataram slogan, mainly to counter chants of ’Pakistan Zindabad’ by rioters.

Did he forget what else Sarpotdar did at the time ?