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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Congress wins Maharashtra; courtesy Raj Thackeray

In order to win elections in Maharashtra Congress deliberately ignored the idiotic outbursts of Raj Thackeray against Non-Maharashtra/North Indian people, rather tactically it supported his chauvinistic statements in order to damage Shiv Sena - BJP in state elections. Congress has won using the same formula of ¨Divide & Rule¨ of Britishers, but Nationalism has been weakened in the process and rowdy regionalism has become stronger. But who cares ? Let the India as a nation go to hell, Congress should keep on winning until the country reaches to the point of disintegration. That´s why Indians will remain slaves in one way or the other. BJP - Shiv Sena combine could not come up with the timely solution or were just helpless because of their own selfish & short sighted politics.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Bal Thackeray to govt: Attack Pak, don't warn

22 Dec 2008, 1803 hrs IST, PTI

MUMBAI: Describing the present regime at the helm of affairs in the country as "impotent", Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Monday stressed the
need for imposition of emergency.

"Only Indira Gandhi had the guts to handle threats which endangered national security. There is no use of issuing just warnings to Pakistan. The government should have the daring to attack it," Thackeray told his party mouthpiece 'Saamna' in an interview.

On his self imposed exile from public life, Thackeray said he did not wish to be a part of the present day politics. "I have made a deliberate decision to stay away. Mine is not a political 'sanyas'. You never know what happens in coalition politics," he added.

He said Shiv Sena was making good progress under his son Uddhav Thackeray, also the executive president.

"I have handed over the charge to him. He consults me whenever necessary for advice," Thackeray added.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Thackerays are ‘migrants’, says scholar

Mumbai, June 24: The Thackerays came to Mumbai two generations ago for jobs and as such have no right to assault those coming to the financial capital in search of livelihood.

This claim has been made in an article published in this month's issue of Nationalist Congress Party's mouthpiece Rashtravadi, whose Chief Sharad Pawar is an old friend of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.

Hari Narke, professor at Mahatma Phule chair in Pune University and a renowned scholar on Ambedkar, has written the strong-worded article.

Narke has flayed Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief Raj Thackeray, who is Bal Thackeray's nephew, over attacks on migrants in Mumbai.

"Raj should read the autobiography of his grandfather Prabodhankar Thackeray (Bal Thackeray's father). Prabodhankar, who studied in Madhya Pradesh, has written how he travelled in other states for livelihood", Narke says.

"This proves that the Thackerays, who are not original inhabitants of Mumbai, came to this city in search of livelihood", the scholar says.

Incidentally, Maharashtra Government published Prabodhankar’s literature in 1995 at the behest of Narke, the article says.

"Who gave those, who came to Mumbai two generations ago to earn their livelihood, the right to beat up others who also come here in search of jobs?" Narke has questioned.

"It does not behove people who live 24 hours a day seeped in history to forget the history of just over two generations", Narke said.

Bal Thackeray cautions Sikhs

24 Jun, 2008, 0000 hrs IST, ET Bureau
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MUMBAI: The aftershocks from the Sikh violence over the weekend continue to be felt in the city. Even as top Sikh religious bodies demanded a judicial probe into the incidents, Bal Thackeray yet again warned Sikhs about their violence against innocent ‘Hindus’. One person was killed in a clash between two Sikh sects on Friday and the violence thereafter held the city to ransom for 2 days.

With the Sikh bodies presenting their case, the Shiv Sena supremo Thackeray warned them that Shivsainiks will not be mute spectators to violence against innocent ‘Hindus’. “Though Punjab is quiet, the situation in Mumbai is volatile due to the violence unleashed by the Sikhs....They should stop violence immediately and maintain peace,” he said in the Sena mouthpiece Saamna on Monday.

The newspaper carried an editorial by Mr Thackeray on Monday and a front-page commentary on the issue on Sunday airing the Sena chief’s resentment over the violence sparked off by the killing. “Why are you raising your sword on innocents? Maintain peace and stop the violence immediately,” Mr Thackeray said and added, “Attacking innocents will boomerang on you. I want to say only one thing to the Sikhs. Stop this violence irrespective of your sect. If it continues, Maharashtra may soon retaliate.”

On Monday, the Akali Dal decided to send a delegation led by Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal to meet the members of the family of Balkar Singh, who was killed in an alleged firing by private security guards of Dera Sacha Sauda chief, Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh.

A decision to send the delegation was taken at the meeting of the core committee of the ruling party presided by chief minister Prakash Singh Badal in Chandigarh. The delegation is expected to call on Vilasrao Deshmukh to urge him to take the strictest possible action against the culprits responsible for this incident, an SAD official said.

Meanwhile, the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Monday demanded judicial probe into the killing. Addressing the media here, SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar said they have submitted a memorandum to this effect to deputy CM RR Patil. SGPC wants the Dera chief to be booked for Balkar Singh’s murder.

बाला साहेब ठाकरे मुंबई के मूल निवासी नहीं है

मुंबई। आमची मुंबई यानी हमारी मुंबई का नारा देने वाले बाला साहेब ठाकरे मुंबई के मूल निवासी नहीं है। दो पीढ़ी पहले उनके पिता नौकरी की तलाश में यहां आए थे। इसलिए ठाकरे परिवार को आजीविका की तलाश में यूपी और बिहार से मुंबई आने वाले लोगों का विरोध करने का कोई हक नहीं है।

राष्ट्रवादी कांग्रेस पार्टी के मुखपत्र 'राष्ट्रवादी' के इस महीने के अंक में प्रकाशित एक लेख में यह दावा किया गया है। राकांपा प्रमुख शरद पवार शिवसेना सुप्रीमो बाल ठाकरे के करीबी मित्र हैं। यह लेख मशहूर स्कालर व पुणे विश्वविद्यालय के महात्मा फुले चेयर में प्रोफेसर हरि नारके ने लिखा है।

नारके ने अपने लेख में मुंबई में प्रवासियों पर हमलों के लिए बाल ठाकरे के भतीजे और महाराष्ट्र नवनिर्माण सेना के प्रमुख राज ठाकरे की आलोचना की है। नारके ने लिखा है कि राज को अपने दादा प्रबोधंकर ठाकरे [बाल ठाकरे के पिता] की आत्मकथा पढ़नी चाहिए। अपनी पढ़ाई-लिखाई मध्य प्रदेश में करने वाले प्रबोधंकर ने लिखा है कि आजीविका की तलाश में उन्होंने कई प्रदेशों के चक्कर लगाए। इससे साफ होता है कि ठाकरे मुंबई के मूल निवासी नहीं थे। आजीविका की तलाश में ही वह इस शहर में आए थे।

लेख के मुताबिक प्रबोधंकर का साहित्य 1995 में महाराष्ट्र सरकार ने प्रकाशित किया। नारके ने लिखा है कि जो लोग दो पीढ़ी पहले आजीविका की तलाश में मुंबई आए उन्हें नौकरी की तलाश में यहां आने वाले लोगों के साथ मारपीट का अधिकार किसने दे दिया।