Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has attacked industrialist Mukesh Ambani over his recent statement that Mumbai belongs to all Indians.
“Marathi people have as much right over Mumbai as Mukesh Ambani has over Reliance companies,” Thackeray said in an article published in Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamna’ today.
The Shiv Sena also came down heavily on actor and co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders team, Shah Rukh Khan, for his recent statement that Pakistani cricketers should be allowed to participate in the coming Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament.
On Ambani, the Sena chief made it clear that Mumbai is Maharashtra’s capital and it would remain so. He advised the Reliance Industries chairman not to meddle in the path of Mumbai and ‘Marathi Manoos’.Thackeray said: “When ‘Pandit Mukesh Ambani’ says Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi belong to all Indians, why has he left out cities likes Ahmedabad, Jamnagar and Rajkot?”
Thackeray’s criticism comes in the wake of Mukesh Ambani’s statement that the recent controversy over making the knowledge of Marathi mandatory for issuing taxi permits in Mumbai was ‘unfortunate’ and his subsequent statement that Mumbai belongs to all Indians.
The Shiv Sena patriarch had in November last year asked ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar to stick to cricket and not venture into politics through his statement that Mumbai belonged to all Indians.
Thackeray’s swipe against Mukesh Ambani is crucial as the close relationship between the Sena chief and RIL’s founder and Mukesh’s late father Dhirubhai Ambani is well known. “Uptil now, I considered Mukesh Ambani a true Mumbaikar. His father and my friend, the late Dhirubhai, was loyal to Mumbai. The Ambanis could spread their industrial empire because of Mumbai and Maharashtra. Dhirubhai had always acknowledged his indebtedness to Maharashtra. Then why Mukesh has chosen a different path?” Thackeray asked.
Sena activists today tore down posters of the actor’s upcoming film ‘My Name is Khan’ and also threatened not to allow the screening of the film.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said his party would not tolerate anybody praising Pakistanis.
FULL SUPPORT FOR SHAHRUKH ,IT IS HIGH TIME THAT INDIA GOVT. AND JUDICIARY TO REGISTER CASES AGAINST THE LEADERS WHO ARE MAKING PROVOCATIVE STATEMENTS IN NEWSPAPER AND MEDIA IN TRUE SPIRIT AND TAKE ACTIONS AGAINST THOSE LEADERS AND PARTIES WHO ARE ACTING AGAINST INDIAN CONSTITUTION!!! TIME IS TOO SHORT AND IF ALL THESE STATEMENTS ARE GOING LIKE THIS, ONE DAY DEFINITELY PEOPLE WILL EACH OTHER TAKE LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS WHICH SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENED. SO TO SAVE OUR COUNTRY'S UNITY AND INTEGRITY, PLEASE INDIAN JUDICIARY TO WAKE UP AND TAKE ACTIONS FROM TODAY ONWARDS.
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Bombay was built by Englishmen ... on their land re: their Queens's dowry. where was Tharksey and his 'Marathi Manoos' then? Bombay is an English city ... FULL STOP! ... Like Hong Kong or Singapore. Bombay belongs to ... the world ... Global Bombay ... International Megapolis Bombay ...
Now, we can qualify it as an Indo-English city ... This snake in the grass ... this Tharcksey ... who is he to ... he should be out-caste from my Bombay ... I say to Vidarbha ... where he will learn Hindi and die in picsse. Otherwise Mukesh-bhai will put said Tharcksey in his refinery and ... hehe ... 'refine' ... little bit. Mukesh-bhai knows all about cracking ... crackpots ... in accordance with latest EU standards.
Tharcksey ... beta ur time is up, go in peasse, pls. We are genuinely disgusted ... and worse ... bored with you. You pshycopath, you give us decent, hard-working Marathis a bad name, shame on you ... sh*t on you ...
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Seems media has taken over the issue as always.
In this matter my opinion would be that What Bal Thackeray has said about the involvement of Pakistani players in IPL should be seen with a different point of view.
The IPL has already commercialized Cricket so the thrill in an IPL match is not as it used to be in the World Cup.
If Cricket has already been taken as a profitable business than why not let our own people get benefits from it.
I suggest that more and more Indian Players should be included every state has a team of its best cricketers who work hard to try to make to the international. IPL can be a good platform for these players.
So in some way or other i feel that i support Thackeray's views.
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