Former Chief Minister and former Congress MP Narayan Rane’s son Nilesh stirred controversy on Tuesday with his series of allegations against Balasaheb Thackeray, the late Shiv Sena founder. He accused Balasaheb Thackeray of conspiring a plot to kill the Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam and also held him responsible for the death of Anand Dighe, a popular Shiv Sena leader from Thane.

Ex-MP Nilesh Rane said that several attempts to kill Sonu Nigam was made by Shiv Sainiks on Balasaheb’s orders and even the singer knows about it. He also went on to question the relationship between the singer and the Thackeray family. It didn't end here, he accused the late Shiv Sena founder, Balasaheb Thackeray of Dighe’s death commenting that two Shiv Sainiks were extremely troubled over Dighe’s fate and that Balasaheb had allegedly ordered his men to kill him.