Raj fumbles over symbol, asks people to vote for Sena's bow and arrow

October 07, 2014 16:25

Old habits die hard, it seems. It's been nine years since Raj Thackeray broke away from the Shiv Sena, but the party symbol -- the bow and arrow -- still seems to have made its mark in his psyche.

Raj recently made a faux pas over his own party symbol -- the train engine -- and urged people to vote for "the bow and arrow" -- the Sena's symbol -- before quickly correcting himself, reports NDTV.
In footage from a rally a few days ago, Thackeray, the chief of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, is seen saying, "...this election vote for dhanush...err..rail engine."

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