New Delhi/Mumbai: Shiv Sena supremo Bal
Thackeray today asked partymen to show black flags to Rahul
Gandhi during his visit to Mumbai tomorrow in protest the
Congress leader's 'Mumbai for all' comment.
Thackeray has asked Sena workers to show black flags
to Rahul during his visit to the city, senior party leader
Sanjay Raut told PTI.
The directive from Thackeray has come at a time when
there has been a war of words between Sena and Congress over
the migrant issue.
Rahul has ticked off Sena by asserting that Mumbai is
for all Indians and people have a right to go anywhere.
He has faced the ire of Sena chief who said the
Congress leader was "totally frustrated".
Thackeray said the Sena will not tolerate anything
spoken against "Marathi pride."
He also raked up Rahul's mother and Congress president
Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin, saying "Mumbai may belong to
all Indians but how can it belong to an Italian mummy?"
Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray has
questioned the timing of the visit. "What was the need for
this visit now? There may be elections in Bihar, but we will
not tolerate anything spoken against Mumbai and Marathi
pride," he had said.
During his short visit, Rahul will interact with
college students at the Bhaidas Hall in suburban Vile Parle
and then proceed to Ramabai Nagar slum colony in Ghatkopar to
meet slum youth.
The visit is a part of the ongoing Mumbai Youth
Congress membership drive for organisational elections.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, February 04, 2010, 21:37