Thackeray slams Sachin over 'Mumbai for all' remark
TIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES 16 November 2009, 10:29am IST
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray slammed master blaster Sachin Tendulkar in an editorial piece published in party's mouthpiece ‘Saamna’ on Monday over the latter's ‘Mumbai for all’ remark. ( Watch Video )
Thackeray criticised Tendulkar saying there was no need for the cricket icon to take a "cheeky single" and hurting the Marathi psyche by moving to the pitch of politics.
"There was no need for him to take a cheeky single by making such remarks," Sena mouthpiece 'Saamna' quoted Thackeray as saying.
"By making these remarks, you have got run-out on the pitch of Marathi psyche. You were not even born when the 'Marathi Manoos' got Mumbai and 105 Marathi people sacrificed their lives to get Mumbai," he said.
Thackeray expressed displeasure that Sachin "left the crease" and moved to the pitch of politics by making these remarks which have hurt Marathi sentiment.
n a rebuff to the "Marathi Manoos" plank of Shiv Sena and Raj Thackeray's MNS, Tendulkar had said on Friday that Mumbai is for all Indians.
"Mumbai belongs to India. That is how I look at it. And I am a Maharashtrian and I am extremely proud of that but I am an Indian first," said Tendulkar
Shiv Sena and MNS have often played the "Marathi Manoos" card in a bid to attract votes. Raj Thackeray's fledgling party had even unleashed an anti-north Indian campaign inviting criticism.
The Thackerays can afford to issue fatwas since they do not go outside Maharashtra. And it is good they do not go outside for they would cause a law and order problem for the state they visit where they would not have the Marathi police to protect them.
Sachin on the other hand has to go all over India and hence he cannot afford to to displease any part of India. In this respect, he is more sensible than Amitabh Bacchan, Jaya Bhaduri and Karan Johar who rushed to touch the imbeciles feet at the least hint of trouble.
These people just show strong characters in their films. In actual life they are weaklings.
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