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Now Uddhav wants Racecourse garden be named after Bal Thackeray

May 13, 2013

Uddhav's comments came against the backdrop of Shiv Sena's plans to build a memorial of the party supremo, who passed away last November, at Shivaji Park in Dadar came unstuck. #Mumbai #Uddhav Thackeray #WhoSaidWhat #Bal Thackeray
Democracy, death and decorum: What we can learn from Thatcher haters

Apr 10, 2013

British politicians may be furious at lefties celebrating Thatcher's demise, but it is a testimony to Britain's robust democracy that such reactions occur without reprisal or inciting riots -- unlike India. #ConnectTheDots #Bal Thackeray #Margaret Thatcher
Clubs want MCA media box named after Bal Thackeray

Mar 21, 2013

MCA has never before named the press box at the Wankhede Stadium after any person. #NewsTracker #Bal Thackeray #Shiv Sena #Mumbai Cricket Association #MCA #Wankhede

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Shiv Senas political path: From aggression to somnambulism

Jul 13, 2012

The party has taken a series of reckless, politically suicidal steps in recent times and it seems to have lost touch with the masses. #PoliticsDecoder #Bal Thackeray #Shiv Sena #Maharashtra
Manohar Joshi as V-P: Is it Shiv Sena's secret ambition?

Jun 19, 2012

By propping up Joshi, UPA-II can win peace in the Upper House. #Congress #Bharatiya Janata Party #InMyOpinion #Bal Thackeray #Shiv Sena #Manohar Joshi

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SP opposes Sena and #39;s plan

2013-05-17 23:38:00

Looks like the Samajwadi Party’s support of Shiv Sena’s plan to terminate the lease for Mahalaxmi Racecourse and convert the turf into a garden comes with conditions. SP leaders claim though they support the proposal to build a park there, they won’t agr #Samajwadi Party #Shiv Sena #Bal Thackeray
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MCA wants to name Wankhede media box after Bal Thackeray

2013-05-14 17:54:00

The Mumbai Cricket Association's Managing Committee on Tuesday decided to contact the family of late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and seek their consent to name the media box at the Wankhede Stadium after him. "The presi #Shiv Sena #Mumbai #Bal Thackeray
The Hindu
Sena eyes race course land for Bal Thackeray's memorial

2013-05-13 15:52:00

The Mahalaxmi race course, which currently hosts horse racing, could soon be turn in to a recreational park on the lines of Central Park in New York and named after late Bal Thackeray. Even though the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has refraine #New York (state) #Bal Thackeray #Shiv Sena

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