Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray has bursts out at Congress leader Digvijay Singh on his remarks that Thackereay family originally hails from Bihar. Thackeray hit back on Singh and termed him as a “mad.”
Irritated by his statement on Thackeray family, Uddhav Thackeray said that Digvijay Singh is a mad.
Uddhav accused Singh of making "attempts to exploit the issue politically". He was at pains to dismiss the matter, which had come to a head after he had demanded that Bihari migrants entering Maharashtra in search of work ought to be given special permits.
It is noted that Digvijay Singh had earlier said that the root of Thackeray family hails from Bihar and recently he had produced a book for his evidence. He has quoted a book penned by Uddhav's grandfather, Prabodhankar Thackeray, father of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray.
Uddhav admitted that although his grandfather's book, "Mazhi Jeevangatha" (An Autobiography), does mention that the Thackerays' origins trace back to Bihar, it did not refer to his family, but only to the clan of Thakres.
"What he (Prabodhankar Thackeray) has written does not refer to my family, but to the entire Thakre community which lives in Bihar," Uddhav claimed.
Singh, on his part, has gone hammer and tongs at the Thackerays, flashing copies of the book, first published in 1995 when the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance was ruling Maharashtra.
The book, now enjoying wide publicity, has also emerged as a rallying point for anti-Thackeray lobbies.
(With inputs from IANS)
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