Why Thackeray and Owaisis are not the same

February 01, 2013 11:52

'The parallels between Bal Thackeray and the Owaisi brothers are many. Akbaruddin Owaisi's speech has echoes of the Sena chief's rants: the same denigration of the other community, the same call to arms cloaked in religious terminology, the same self-projection as the saviour of the community, even the same vulgarity. Charged Shiv Sainiks used to react in the same way as the all-male Muslim audience did at Nirmal.

'But the differences are significant. Bal Thackeray insulted Muslims all the time; indeed, the word he used to refer to them was itself derogatory. But on record, Thackeray never insulted the Prophet. However, throughout his speech, Owaisi abuses Hindu deities and beliefs,' points out Jyoti Punwani in The Hindu.

Read her here.

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