Latching onto an Uttar Pradesh-based BJP MP`s warning to Raj Thackeray that he would not be allowed to enter Ayodhya till he apologised for "humiliating" north Indians, the NCP on Thursday accused the saffron party of using the MNS chief as a pawn and cutting him to size as he showed signs of getting bigger.

Maharashtra NCP`s chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase also accused the BJP of following the use-and-throw policy and added that Raj Thackeray "will have to pay for his own karma". Tapase was referring to an old agitation of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), which earlier raised the cause of sons-of-the soil against north Indian students appearing for railway examination in Kalyan in the state. BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Thursday opposed Thackeray`s proposed visit to Ayodhya on June 5 and warned that he will not be allowed to enter the Uttar Pradesh city till he tendered a public apology for humiliating north Indians.