Shiv Sena remembers Balasaheb only in trouble, says MNS ahead of Raj Thackeray’s mega rally
India Today
Ahead of Raj Thackeray’s rally in Aurangabad, MNS attacked the Shiv Sena and said it remembers Balasaheb Thackeray only when in trouble.
The war of words between the Shiv Sena and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) escalated before the much publicised rally by MNS chief Raj Thackeray in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad on Sunday. Attacking the ruling party, MNS said the Shiv Sena remembers Balasaheb Thackeray only when they are in trouble.
“The Sena is so agitated today because it’s in trouble in the state and hence this is what they always do: remember and invoke the name of Balasaheb Thackeray,” said MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande.
Ahead of the MNS rally in Aurangabad, posters of Raj Thackeray have caused a buzz. In the posters, the MNS president has a saffron shawl draped over him, with a big red tilak on his forehead and boxy spectacles -- striking an uncanny resemblance to the late Balasaheb Thackeray.
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An irked Shiv Sena countered the MNS by putting up posters of Balasaheb Thackeray with the slogan that no one else can be like the pro-Maratha strongman.
“It is good if the posters of Raj Thackeray are reminding people of Balasaheb Thackeray. We have never said we are competing on that front or Raj Thackeray is trying to become Balasaheb. There is only one Balasaheb Thackeray. But Shiv Sena has problems with 'Hindujannayak' because they are in trouble,” said Sandeep Deshpande.
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