Raj, MNS pray for ailing Bal Thackeray
November 08, 2012 13:02
The deteriorating health of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray has prompted the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) cadres to seek divine intervention.
Since most of the party workers and leaders owed their allegiance to their parent organisation Shiv Sena before they crossed over to MNS, floated by senior Thackeray's nephew, the failing health of the patriarch has made them worried.
"Around fifty MNS party men paid obeisance at prominent pilgrimage centres like Pandharpur, Tuljapur and Akkalkot for the good health of Balasaheb," an MNS MLA said.
The latest development came when Bal Thackeray, who failed to attend the conventional Dussehra rally of the party last month owing to his ill health, appealed to party workers to "look after Uddhav and Aditya (Bal Thackeray's grandson) as he was not keeping well. Much water has flown down the bridge since MNS chief Raj Thackeray floated his own party.
Since most of the party workers and leaders owed their allegiance to their parent organisation Shiv Sena before they crossed over to MNS, floated by senior Thackeray's nephew, the failing health of the patriarch has made them worried.
"Around fifty MNS party men paid obeisance at prominent pilgrimage centres like Pandharpur, Tuljapur and Akkalkot for the good health of Balasaheb," an MNS MLA said.
The latest development came when Bal Thackeray, who failed to attend the conventional Dussehra rally of the party last month owing to his ill health, appealed to party workers to "look after Uddhav and Aditya (Bal Thackeray's grandson) as he was not keeping well. Much water has flown down the bridge since MNS chief Raj Thackeray floated his own party.
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