Sunday, 18 November 2012

National homage for Bal Thackeray

Thousands of  Shiv Sainiks arrived in the Mega city Mumbai from different parts of the state, largely from neighbouring Thane, Raigad, Pune, Aurangabad and Konkan region, which are the bastions of the saffron party, founded on 19th June 1966.
Most of e Channels play last eternal journey  of Bal Thackery wherein Lakhs of people were waiting since early morning to pay last respects to the leader, some even standing on the street poles.According to reports, hordes of people are arriving in the metropolis to attend the cremation of the Sena chief, to be held in the evening at 6 pm at the Shivaji Park, for which the Sena has taken special permission.
Thackeray addressed his first speech at the Shivaji Park ground and used to address the annual Dussehra rally there.
The body will be kept at Shiv Sena Bhawan for sometime to allow the party office-bearers to pay their last respects.
Meanwhile, a bandh-like situation prevailed in many parts of the city, Navi Mumbai and Thane in the wake of Balasaheb’s death.
President, Vice President, Prime Minister, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, BJP leaders L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley expressed their condolences over the passing away of Bal Thackeray.
Personalities across the political spectrum and social sphere also condoled the death of Shiv Sena supremo. Film fraternity, sports persons and industrialists said that Balasaheb’s contribution to Maharashtra was immense and he will be sadly missed and remembered.
Founder of Shiv Sena, Chief Bal Thackeray’s funeral procession, is the biggest in recent times, began today from his residence ‘Matsohree’. People swelled and thronged the roadsides, flyovers, skywalks and balconies of their buildings to catch a glimpse of the Sena patriarch and pay homage to him. In view of the legions of crowds pouring in to pay their last respects to Balasaheb, it is estimated that the funeral procession would take more than two hours to reach the Sena Bhawan (party headquarters) at Dadar. Lakhs of Shiv Sainiks are walking along with the funeral procession, shouting slogans in memory of the Shiv Sena supremo.

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