Shiv Sena's Thackeray urges Hindus to form suicide squads to tackle Islamic fundamentalism, receives flak

According to BJP vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu, Thackeray should be reasonable as the people "should not take law into their hands."

It's duty of the government to counter terror. There are more democratic methods to address the problem of terrorism," Naidu said.

Advising Thackeray to abide by the rule of law, Naidu said BJP believes in principles of "democracy and the Constitution."

Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) also condemned Thackeray's inflammatory remarks, saying Hindu scriptures do not endorse terrorist activities or violence.

Congress also slammed the hardline Hindu party, saying the comments made by Thackeray were "subversive, anti-national and prejudicial to the secular fabric of the nation."

"The Congress strongly condemns the remarks said to have been made by Mr. Bal Thackeray with regard to the formation of suicide squads. This is a clear call not only to lawlessness and violence but will be also the death knell of peaceful democracy," Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan said.