The tweet by Nitesh Rane that set off the opposition storm

It’s a rare sight when Shiv Sena and the Maratha man are at odds. However, a recent cartoon published in the party mouthpiece Saamana on Sunday has triggered negative reactions from the community, to the extent that despite a clarification on Tuesday, the newspaper offices in Thane and Navi Mumbai were pelted with stones and attacked with ink in the afternoon. The extreme reaction follows the initial outrage over the social media, led by former Sena man Narayan Rane’s son Nitesh, on the cartoon mocking the ongoing statewide Maratha community reservation protests.