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Although both sides claimed it was a family affair, political observers wondered if this was the first hint of a possible patch-up or whether it had anything to do with the health of Thackeray senior, who has been ill for some months.
Accompanied by some close aides, Raj went to ‘Matoshree’, the Bandra residence of Bal and Uddhav Thackeray, and spent about 20 minutes closeted with his uncle during which Uddhav was called in by his father. Asked by reporters later if it was a meeting between the Sena chief and the MNS president, Raj replied: “It was a meeting between an uncle and a nephew.” Later, he cryptically added, “the time must be ripe for some things.”
Later in the day, after a visit to the photo exhibition of The Indian Express Group’s Ramnath Goenka India Press Photo Awards 2008, Raj said he had gone over to ‘Matoshree’ to return some cartoon books his uncle had asked about. “I found the book he had asked about a long time ago and called him yesterday to ask if I could return it,” Raj told The Indian Express. “We spoke about Norman Rockwell, one of his favourite cartoonists. He recollected some of his old memories. The book I returned was so old, some of the pages had been pasted in.”
Raj said the two did not discuss politics or his pro-Maharashtrian campaign, adding that Thackeray senior’s health was good. Shiv Sena spokesman and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, too, said the meeting was a domestic matter. Raj said he had been in touch with his uncle over the phone occasionally since 2006. Thackeray senior, he added, had spoken to him after his release from police custody following his arrest last month in connection with the MNS attacks on north Indians taking railway job exams. Bal Thackeray had recalled his own experience of being jailed in 1969 during the Sena’s campaign over the Maharashtra border dispute, he added.
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Its better for Raj to get back to Balasaheb's fold. Shiv Sena and MNS have the same agenda. Most of India looks upto them as saviour from the political parties who are making it difficult for Hindus to live with their head held high.
What merit this incident has, so that Indian Express has to publish it???Media is worse than these guys.
Like the movies. In real life we indians are no dumps. its unfortunate that we still let all these drams happen around us. We need to move on and ignore these separatist.
Parochial Hindu militants like Raj Thakeray, who has no farsight beyond their narrow communal agenda, are the worst threat to the Indian nation. The dangerous politics of conflict which he is playing by Maharashtrrians agaginst the Northern Indians, and others, can lead India to disintegration. Such were the intolerant Indians who are responsible for the creation of Pakistan, and Bangladesh. They are unable to see India beyond their nose, India which has much more religious, linguistic, and cultural diversity than the rest of the world. Indians should encourage the ultra secular strong leaders to come forward to govern India with pluralistic secular policies to save India from self-destruction, the path Raj Thakeray is laying out.
Fishing industry around Bombay likely to be very bad shape, US exports cut down to over30% and other countries too curtailed the demand,over two lakhs likely to be effectedstrongly recomending join SHIV SENA/MNS/BJP/VHP/BAJRANG BALI, no need to fishsort out fishes,load and unload, easy money, stylish leaving, licensed to carry gunssticks, iron rods, to identify SHIV S WORKER/VHP/HRS apply long safforn tilak, carrysafforn unfolded elderly wearing diaper. Bal thackery must be using now, hard to sitin the toilet..../ the other road to live stylish JOIN VHP, name TOGADIA,SINGAL, MODIgroup, licensed to kill innocents, burn churches, houses, loot their food,clothing and thendye women dhoties SAFFRON, least expensive outfit shame shame shame the bjp/vhp/ss/ leaders offering LS seats to the terrorists
Bala Sahab is a honourably patriot son of mother india. Whereas Raj is Soniya's agent.
Birds of a feather!!!