Marathi People Should Thwart Attempt to Divide their Vote: Thackeray

Making an indirect attack on nephew and MNS chief Raj Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray said that “people of Maharashtra should show those trying to divide Marathi votes, their proper place”.

In an editorial in Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, Thackeray called for Marahti people to “come out in large numbers and vote and show those trying to divide Marathi votes their place”.

“Show them (those seeking to divide Marathi votes) that you are all Sena voters and won’t tolerate any split in Marathi votes,” Thackeray said.

It should be mentioned that Thackeray, last week, in a similar attack on his estranged nephew, had alleged that “Congress is trying to divide Marathi people by taking some one’s help.”

In an interview published in the Sena mouthpiece, Thackeray had not named Raj but said “Congress is trying to divide Marathi people by taking some one’s help. Why do you trust them?”

Blaming people for electing Congress-led governments again and again, the Sena chief had said, “you know Congress is bad, but still you vote for that party.”