…. in light of his parties recent losses in the Maharashtra State elections. In fact, he has been whimpering since the end of the Lok Sabha elections. The petulant cry is “hey. It is not me. It is them.”
So according to Bal Thackeray, the elections were lost because of Bangladeshis, Bihari, Uttar Pradeshis’, Muslims and anyone who felt threatened by the Shiv Sena’s policy of targetting any one born outside this state.
Fact remains that apart from Mumbai, the rest of Maharashtra is 95% Maharashtrian. Surely it is a substantial part of that vote that kept the Sena out of power.

Anyway, to point out logical facts, will take away from the aging tigers wail. He is hell bent on blaming everyone for his poll defeat. “Everyone” does not include son Uddhav and nephew Raj’s fatricidal battle with flip flops that would have made American Presidents and Presidential candidates proud. Uddhav and Raj contradicted each other so frequently that they may have as well not bothered campaigning, and instead flown up to wherever to play with their bimbette collection.

The latest target of Bal Thackeray’s ire is journalist -and NDTV’s managing editor -Rajdeep Sardesai . On a bad day, Sardesai has the instincts of blood hound, on a good day he can go for the jugular without the poor victim even realising it. He has rubbed the old man the wrong way. And now Mr.Thackeray is baying for blood:

In an expletive-laden 800-word editorial in the Saamna mouthpiece yesterday, Thackeray used uniquely Marathi abuses like ‘Lavanda,’ ‘Akkarmashi’ and ‘Upatsumbha’ to describe Sardesai and attacked the nature and style of his journalism. He then called Sardesai an “arse-licker” and “muck-raker” and even questioned his parentage, saying he was an ‘Akkarmashi Avlaad.’

It reminded me of an old African saying about those who offend God being turned insane. Disappointment at loss cannot lead to incoherence of thought.

Surely Mr.Thackeray, you can be more mature and graceful about defeat.