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Controversy rages over Thackeray memorial
Monday November 26, 2012 09:12:07 AM,
IANS
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Mumbai:
The controversy over a memorial for late Shiv Sena chief Bal
Thackeray continued Sunday with party leader Manohar Joshi
insisting on Shivaji Park here as the location and Chief Minister
Prithviraj Chavan citing problems in doing so.
At a function in Nashik Sunday, Joshi reiterated that the memorial
must be constructed at Shivaji Park, the venue of Thackeray's
Dussehra rallies for 46 years and where he was cremated at a
public funeral Nov 17.
The chief minister however cited certain complications which could
arise in permitting a memorial at Shivaji Park.
Shivaj Park local residents groups have also opposed Joshi's
proposal, while the Shiv Sena-controlled Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC) is considering constructing a memorial in the
mayor's bungalow near Shivaji Park.
Unfazed, Joshi - a former Lok Sabha speaker - said: "Whether it is
the chief minister or the prime minister, the Shiv Sena will
construct the memorial there (at Shivaji Park)."
He said that Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray would
take a decision on the issue soon.
Earlier this week, Uddhav had publicly appealed not to make the
issue of his father's memorial controversial.
Taking umbrage at Joshi's latest remarks, the Maharashtra Congress
wondered what was the urgency of building the memorial at Shivaji
Park, as repeatedly demanded by the Sena leader.
"Manohar Joshi's threat of taking the law in his hands is
deplorable, at least as a former speaker. This was not expected of
him," a Congress spokesperson said in a statement Sunday evening.
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