A senior Shiv Sena leader has said that the recent losses suffered by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh biennial elections for legislative councils in Teachers and Graduates constituencies reflects "disenchantment of the educated, middle-class."

Going a step further, he cautioned that the BJP's ideological mentor's control may be slipping away. Farmers' leader Kishore Tiwari said this in an open letter to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat here on Monday.