Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Raj Thakrey disappoints

I am kinda disappointed with Raj Thakrey. Though I gotta nothing to care or do for his new party or stuff yet, he disappoints me. Why? Just a brief flashback. If you would remember, after Bal Thakrey, Raj was always the shadow figure of Thakrey Sr. He was the fireband leader. He was the inspirational person for all Shiv Sena foot soldiers who believed that more than Udhav, it's Raj who has the will within to succeed Bal Thakrey and carry forward Sena's ' maharashtra for marathi manoos' dominated extremist ideology. Remember his attack on those Biharis & bhaiyyas at Kalyan railway station when they had come to appear for railway clerical exam. Lately he had been critical with Siv Sena's moderate 'Me Mumbaikar' theory. When he broke off from Shiv sena, many thought it's the begining of the end for Shiv Sena coz inside Sena, everyone sympathised with Raj coz they belived he was the only capable person to give justice to Sena ideology and revive the party.

But now Sena top heads are breathing easily and the Sena commoners are disappointed with Raj. reason being, the new party that Raj has floated offers nothing remotely with Sena ideology. Rather, the party has a very pro liberal & moderate outlook - something with which the common Sena workers can't identify with. Why, even the new flag of Raj's party has three stripes, one being green, which kind of indicates of the olive leave that Raj is offering to the Muslims. Once an extremist leader today after formation of his party has now turned into a 'politician' - another brick in the wall. As of today, I don't see him any different from other political parties like Congress, BJP, SP etc. The Shiv sena knows this and no wonder they are smiling.

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