Sena's Original Mouthpiece Marmik Taught Maharashtrians About Self Respect: Uddhav Thackeray

Marmik gave birth to the Shiv Sena and later the Saamana, the party's mouthpiece, Uddhav Thackeray said, adding that Saamana editorials are taken note of "the world-over".

Marmik, the weekly cartoon magazine started by Shiv Sena's founder Balasaheb Thackeray in 1960 taught Maharashtrians "self-respect" and evolved into a movement, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said. Speaking at a virtual celebration to mark the 61st anniversary of Marmik, Uddhav Thackeray said he as well as the weekly have now transformed into a new "avatar". "Marmik completed 61 years today and I completed 61 years last month... Both of us have assumed new avatars," he said, in an apparent reference to his becoming Maharashtra's chief minister in 2019. "Maharashtra gained statehood with Mumbai as its capital on May 1, 1960; I was born on July 27, 1960, and Marmik was born on August 13, 1960," Mr Thackeray said.