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The war of words between the two Shiv Sena factions Shiv Sena ( Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena ( UBT) escalated over Bal Thackeray’s death.
Sparking the row Senior Sena leader Ramdas Kadam alleged that the Shiv Sena patriarch’s body was kept at Matoshree — the Thackeray family residence in Bandra — for two days before his death was formally announced in 2012. He also claimed that the Sena founder’s fingerprints were taken after his death.
Bal Thackeray passed away on November 17, 2012, at the age of 86.
Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray dismissed Kadam as a “gaddar” (traitor) and “namak haram” (disloyal person).
“I do not want to respond to gaddars and namak harams,” Thackeray said when asked to comment on Kadam’s remarks.
At a press conference, senior Sena-UBT leader Anil Parab announced plans to file a defamation suit (against Kadam) for making false claims about their “deity,” Bal Thackeray. He added that any compensation awarded through damages would be donated to rain-hit farmers.
The Two Sena factions will be coming face to-face in the BMC elections soon . It will be test to see as to who really owns the Bal Thackeray legacy. The alliance between MNS and Shiv Sena ( UBT) could be decisive as well.
