MNS chief Raj Thackeray criticised the central govt over its failure to clean the Ganga river. He said he refused to drink water brought from Kumbh by his party member Bala Nandgaonkar, stating that it was not clean. The MNS chief said that not even a single river across the country is clean, even as we call it our mother. His statement invited criticism from political leaders including those from BJP and Shiv Sena. BJP’s Pravin Darekar said, \”Raj’s statement is an insult to the devotees\” Shiv SenA leader Sanjay Nirupam said: \”I doubt whether he is going to become anti-Hindu or form an alliance with some other group to contest elections\” The politicians are causing a divide between two communities to divert their attention from real issues of development, he said in an address to the party workers in Pimpri Chinchwad. The event was organised to mark the party’s 19th foundation day.