MNS Carbon Copy of Shiv Sena: Bal Thackeray
Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray has likened his nephew Raj Thackeray’s MNS as a carbon copy of Shiv Sena he founded in 1966, said media reports.
“A lot of duplicates have come up…maybe with my blessings. They copy whatever I say. That is their agenda. They look like carbon copy of Shiv Sena before people,” Thackeray was quoted as saying, without naming MNS or Raj Thackeray.
“I had said in my speech at the first public meeting of Sena on October 22, 1966 that there should be a permit system to stop the hordes of migrants to Mumbai,” Thackeray was quoted as saying in an interview published in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ today.
He also asked Marathi not to refer to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus as CST, reports said.
“Call the station by its full name,” he was quoted as saying.
Thackeray said that Mumbai belongs to Marathi people and continue to be a part of Maharashtra, reports said.
He also condemned late prime minister Morarji Desai for instructing firing on agitators demanding a samyukta (united) Maharashtra, said reports.
Thackeray said that it was Gandhiji’s fortune that he did not meet Desai, or else he would have committed suicide before Godse killed him, reports said.
(Based on internet reports)
