Our 13th President Pranab Mukherjee received flak for his silence on the Assam riots in Saamna’s — the Shiv Sena mouthpiece — editorial yesterday.

“Twenty one firing tanks saluted the newly-elected president after he was sworn in. We hope that the sound of the tanks has not turned him deaf. He should listen to the cries of the people suffering during the Assam riots,” the editorial said. The Sena editorial has long been considered the voice of the party.