Amidst all this, India’s prime minister maintains a deafening “diplomatic” silence over the actions of his main constituency and coalition partners, which can be interpreted as a fundamental failure of governance at best and a tacit endorsement at worst.
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“They speak about the plurality of society, a multi-religious society, but what they really want to have is a uniform civil code and a unitary state”. If it was what the country said, then these artists wouldn’t have been called here. Arun Jaitley targets Shiv Sena on “copycat vandalism” Reacting to the controversy, Sena leader Rajendra Raut said, “We only put up posters to remember our old days, it is not to disrespect any political leader”.
Mr. Thackeray on Thursday asked the BJP what its true attitude to the Dalits was.
In a stinging editorial in their mouthpiece Saamna, the Shiv Sena warned ally BJP that the “bait of power” wouldn’t make them compromise on “issues of national interest”, especially when it came to Pakistan. “If this is the way the issue of Ram Mandir is being handled, all slogans of the temple being made are hollow”, said Thackeray. Mr. Thackeray raised the Hindutva pitch right through his 40-minute speech.
Politicking & Policying1. Speaking at the inauguration of Amravati, Andhra Pradesh’s new capital, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave Congress credit for creating Telangana by blaming them for the “hasty” bifurcation of the states.
“This is our Hindutva. Sena supremo (Bal Thackeray) must be looking down at us and thinking that his Sainiks are still like tigers”.
“Veer Savarkar should get the Bharat Ratna and Shiv Sainiks should take this message to every village”.
In the aftermath of the Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan, the Shiv Sena had also asked Bollywood legend Dilip Kumar to return the Nishan-E-Imtiaz, the highest civilian honour from Pakistan bestowed on him in 1997. On Monday, it stormed the BCCI headquarters demanding that no talks be held with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
“We are not able to face the people because of this inflation”.
“If you have the courage, then enter Pakistan”, he said, claiming that Pakistan was keeping tabs on the Sena rally. “If you are to allow Pakistan’s flags, do not shy away from our saffron flags”, he said.
Indicating that his party was not afraid of contesting elections alone, Mr. Thackeray said his father’s dream was to hoist the saffron flag in the Assembly. “We have taken a stand not to allow any Pakistani actor, cricketer or performer to step on Maharashtra soil”, said Chitrapat Sena general secretary Akshay Bardapurkar, as per a report in emirates247.com.
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“We have known for long to continue in government”. Let us do a few work.
