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November 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“I will be privileged to pay respects to my god. We have lost our
godfather,” Ganesh Sawant, an office assistant in the city, told AFP.
Jyotsna Parab, a housewife, said her life would “never be the same”
as she wiped away tears.
“I cannot accept that he is no more. This was a man whose entire world
revolved around protecting our rights,” she said.
Commercial establishments across Mumbai were expected to remain closed until
after Thackeray’s cremation in the evening, with some owners saying they
feared they could be targeted by Shiv Sena supporters if they did not shut.
Newspapers dedicated pages of coverage to the man who dominated the city’s
politics for decades.
“Mumbai loses its boss,” ran the headline of the Mumbai Mirror,
below a picture of an imposing, cigar-smoking Thackeray.
“Many hated him. Many feared him. Many loved him for what he stood for,”
said a tribute in the Mid Day newspaper.
Thackeray vociferously sought to defend the rights of local Marathi-speaking “sons
of the soil” against “outsiders” – whether from other parts
of India
or Bangladesh – who came to work in Mumbai, capital of Maharashtra state.
Despite Thackeray’s polarising career, tributes poured in for the politician
who gave Bombay the new name of Mumbai in a bid to rid the city of its
British colonial past and emphasise its Marathi roots.
“He was a consummate communicator whose stature in the politics of
Maharashtra was unique,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said.
As his cortege progressed through Mumbai, police advised residents to travel
only in emergencies.
Taxis stayed off the roads and shops and restaurants remained closed since
news of his death spread across the city.
Several buses were damaged on Saturday evening, but there was no widespread
unrest.
While Thackeray was a hero to many working-class Hindus, his politics and the
hold that his party exerts over India’s financial capital angered many
others.
“Why is Shiv Sena holding the city to ransom. Is that the only way?”
asked leading film director Anurag Kashyap on Twitter.
Thackeray was never a lawmaker – preferring to dominate from behind the scenes
– but his party held power for five years from 1994 at state level and is
still in the coalition ruling Mumbai’s governing civic body.
Thackeray had been in frail health for months, with a trail of Bollywood stars
visiting him in his final days.
He appeared to followers by video link in October asking them to “take
care” of his son Uddhav, the executive president of Shiv Sena, whose
political fortunes have ebbed since Thackeray’s nephew Raj set up a rival
party.
Source: AFP
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