A lot of what the Shiv Sena has stood for and been vocal about in the decades of its existence seems to all be returning to haunt the state's saffron party. The latest is a 1994 front-page report in Saamna, the Sena's mouthpiece, that had allegedly blamed Congress turncoat and newly minted cabinet minister Abdul Sattar of having close ties with the Dawood Ibrahim gang. Last week, Sattar, a Sena MLA, was made cabinet minister in Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led government.

A day after the cabinet expansion was announced, the 25-year-old Saamna article went viral on social media platforms. Published on June 11, 1994, the article titled 'Shaikh Sattarche Dawood Gangshi Nikatche Sambandh' (Shaikh has close links with Dawood gang) made headlines in the paper after a Sena candidate lost the local council elections to the Congress.