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In the same year, he organised a [[Michael Jackson]] concert for the first time in [[India]] at the [[Andheri Sports Complex]] in [[Mumbai]]. The objective of the concert was to raise funds for the organisation.<Ref>http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20081121252302400.htm</ref> |
In the same year, he organised a [[Michael Jackson]] concert for the first time in [[India]] at the [[Andheri Sports Complex]] in [[Mumbai]]. The objective of the concert was to raise funds for the organisation.<Ref>http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20081121252302400.htm</ref> |
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During the 26-29 November 2008 [[November 2008 Mumbai attacks|terror attacks in Mumbai]], Raj Thackeray was noticeably mute, because of Gag Order issued on him by Government of Maharashtra. Hindi media and Raj-phobic people made a big issue of this. However, MNS had organized many blood donation camps and offered their ambulances for the transportation of victims to the hospitals. Many people remained unaware about this as it was not shown off like what other political parties did.<ref>http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=151717</ref> |
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On 27 October 2008, a [[hijacker]], Rahul Raj, took over a [[Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport|BEST]] bus carrying a [[revolver]]. He said that he wanted to talk to the [[Mumbai Police Commissioner]], and that he wanted to kill Raj Thackeray. After he had fired upon another passenger, injuring the latter seriously, police fired at, and killed, him.<ref>{{citenews |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/30/stories/2008103061141200.htm |title=Slain youth wanted to kill Raj: police}}</ref> |
On 27 October 2008, a [[hijacker]], Rahul Raj, took over a [[Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport|BEST]] bus carrying a [[revolver]]. He said that he wanted to talk to the [[Mumbai Police Commissioner]], and that he wanted to kill Raj Thackeray. After he had fired upon another passenger, injuring the latter seriously, police fired at, and killed, him.<ref>{{citenews |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/30/stories/2008103061141200.htm |title=Slain youth wanted to kill Raj: police}}</ref> |
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[[Image:How much does your Audi cost Raj?.jpg|thumb|200px|right|After the [[November 2008 Mumbai attacks]] people came out heavily against politicians. Banner opposing the movement started by Raj]] |
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===Pre-MNS controversies=== |
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In July 1996, Ramesh Kini was found dead in a cinema theatre in Pune. Kini was a tenant in a ramshackle tenement in central Mumbai, whose landlord, Laxmikant Shah, was trying to get him out of the house. Shah also happened to be a close childhood friend of Raj Thackeray. Kini's wife, Sheila, then accused Raj and other [[Shivsena]] workers of threatening Ramesh to leave the house. A [[CBI]] enquiry was later issued for the case, but the CBI dismissed the case as one of suicide.<Ref>http://www.rediff.com/news/1996/0209dili.htm</ref> |
In July 1996, Ramesh Kini was found dead in a cinema theatre in Pune. Kini was a tenant in a ramshackle tenement in central Mumbai, whose landlord, Laxmikant Shah, was trying to get him out of the house. Shah also happened to be a close childhood friend of Raj Thackeray. Kini's wife, Sheila, then accused Raj and other [[Shivsena]] workers of threatening Ramesh to leave the house. A [[CBI]] enquiry was later issued for the case, but the CBI dismissed the case as one of suicide.<Ref>http://www.rediff.com/news/1996/0209dili.htm</ref> |
Revision as of 10:09, 6 December 2008
Raj Thackeray | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | June 14, 1968
Political party | Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Founder & President (Since 2006) |
Spouse | Sharmila Thackeray |
Children | 1 son (Amit Thackeray) |
Residence(s) | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Raj Thackeray (Marathi: राज ठाकरे) (born June 14, 1968) is the founder and president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (Maharashtra Renaissance Army), which is a regional party in the state of Maharashtra in India. He is the nephew of former Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, and cousin of current Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.
Personal life
Raj Thackeray was born on June 14, 1968[1] in a Marathi Kayastha (CKP) family to Shrikant Prabhodankar Thackeray and Kunda Thackeray, Shrikant Thackeray was the younger brother of Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray and Raj's mother Kunda Thackeray is the younger sister of Balasaheb Thackeray's wife Meena Thackeray. Raj's father Shrikant Thackeray was a musician, cartoonist and was also well versed in the language of Urdu. He also made a couple of Marathi films. Raj is married to Sharmila, daughter of famous Marathi theater/films actor, producer-director Mohan Wagh. They have a son named Amit Thackeray.
Raj Thackrey did his schooling from Bal Mohan Vidya Mandir School in the central Mumbai suburb of Dadar, close to his residence in Shivaji Park and later on graduated fom the prestigious Sir J.J College of Art.
Like his father and uncle Raj Thackeray is a gifted painter and cartoonist. He had also expressed his desire to work for Walt Disney Studios. Raj Thackeray said when asked what he would have done had he not joined politics. "In my college days, I wanted to work with Walt Disney Studios. I drew cartoons even before my foray in politics. Film making is also a passion. I would have been doing either of these things."[2][3]
Raj Thackeray is also a avid photographer like his cousin Uddhav Thackeray. Raj has also published a photo-biography on his uncle titled 'Bal Keshav Thackeray - a photo-biography.
Career
Once seen as the future leader of Shiv Sena, Thackeray started his political career with Bal Thackeray's Shiv Sena party in Maharashtra. On 9 March 2006, Raj Thackeray formed the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) after being allegedly 'sidelined' by the Bal Thackeray’s son Uddhav.[4] Shiv Sainiks (Shiv Sena members) who supported Raj’s leadership, in contrast to his cousin Uddhav (Bal Thackeray's son), joined the MNS. The party was founded on the ideology of being the benefactor of the local Marathi population (Marathi Manoos), an ideology that the party members felt the Shiv Sena had given up on.
Shiv Udyog sena
In order to create industrial and rural development in Maharashtra, on 14th June 1996 Raj Thackeray officially formed the Shiv Udyog Sena and appointed its executive committee.[5] It was also to "give self-employment loans to jobless" Marathi youth.[1]
In the same year, he organised a Michael Jackson concert for the first time in India at the Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai. The objective of the concert was to raise funds for the organisation.[6] [7]
Controversies
He first became a controversial political figure in India in early 2008 due to his rhetorical speech against people from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar; this includes statements against actor Amitabh Bachchan [8]and the Mumbai Police Commissioner [9][10] [11] He blamed north Indians immigration into the state of Maharastra as the reason for a shortage of jobs for the native Maharashtrians.[12] [13]
Some political pundits attributed Thackarey's support for migrant issue an election gimmick and an attempt at gaining publicity for 2009 elections in the state. Others called it a strategy to embarrass Shiv Sena, which is increasingly wooing north Indian votes. [14]
Thackeray, along with Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi, was arrested by the Mumbai Police on February 13, 2008 under section Section 135 A of the Indian Penal Code.[15] He was granted bail on the same day.[16] On 1 October 2008, a non-bailable arrest warrant was issued by a court in Jamshedpur against him in a case for hurting religious sentiments of a section of society.[17]
On 25 September 2008, Bombay High Court Justice J N Patel[18] compared Thackeray's actions to terrorism.[19]
On 6 October 2008, Shiv Sena activists held rallies against Raj Thackeray after he suggested that Bal Thackeray no longer wrote the editorials for the Shiv Sena party newspaper Saamana in order to explain away negative coverage of himself without criticizing his mentor.[20]
During an interview with Maharashtra Times, Thackeray claimed that if he had been Chief Minister of Maharashtra the Tata Nano would have been produced in the state.[21]
On 19 October 2008, Minister of Railways Lalu Prasad Yadav protested Thackeray because of attacks on non-Marathi job seekers attempting to take the railway board examinations by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists.[22] Raj Thackeray tried to justify the violent attacks by saying that recruitment ads were not placed in the local language newspapers.[23] Then on the next day some members of the Lok Sabha demanded that Thackeray be charged with treason for the attacks.[24] On 21 October 2008, Thackery was arrested on charges of rioting, which sparked further violent protests by MNS activists.[25] Later that day he was denied bail for the Dombivli-Kalyan case and was assigned to a two-week judicial custody.[26]
On 24 October 2008, Jagdish Prasad filed a murder charge against Thackeray for the death of his son, Pawan Kumar, during the railway exam riots.But the concerned officials of the Railway Police said in a statement that Kumar died in an accident. They also released the CCTV footage in support of their claim.While speaking to media, A K Sharma, the government railway police (GRP) commissioner, said that Kumar died in a railway accident at Andheri station on Sunday morning.He further assured that there was no link between Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) activists and Kumar’s death.[27]
On 27 October 2008, a hijacker, Rahul Raj, took over a BEST bus carrying a revolver. He said that he wanted to talk to the Mumbai Police Commissioner, and that he wanted to kill Raj Thackeray. After he had fired upon another passenger, injuring the latter seriously, police fired at, and killed, him.[28]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/How_much_does_your_Audi_cost_Raj%3F.jpg/200px-How_much_does_your_Audi_cost_Raj%3F.jpg)
Pre-MNS controversies
In July 1996, Ramesh Kini was found dead in a cinema theatre in Pune. Kini was a tenant in a ramshackle tenement in central Mumbai, whose landlord, Laxmikant Shah, was trying to get him out of the house. Shah also happened to be a close childhood friend of Raj Thackeray. Kini's wife, Sheila, then accused Raj and other Shivsena workers of threatening Ramesh to leave the house. A CBI enquiry was later issued for the case, but the CBI dismissed the case as one of suicide.[29]
Kohinoor mill contoversy
On 21 July 2005 a five acre plot of land, Kohinoor Mill No. 3, located across the road from the Shiv Sena party headquarters, Sena Bhavan, in Dadar, Mumbai, was purchased by Raj and Unmesh Joshi (son of former Maharashtra Chief Minister and former Lok Sabha speaker Manohar Joshi) for a whopping Rs 421 crore. The NCP leader from Mumbai, Sachin Ahir, then objected to the sale of the Kohinoor Mill land, saying that there were forty bids, yet only three were short-listed. He demanded a re-bid as there was a lack of transparency in the move. The Home Minister of Maharashtra, R.R Patil, also questioned how Raj Thackeray managed to get 421 crores.[30]
References
- ^ a b http://www.jansamachar.net/display.php3?id=&num=14801&lang=English
- ^ http://www.apakistannews.com/raj-thackeray-wanted-to-work-with-walt-disney-84833
- ^ http://newsx.com/story/30816
- ^ "Raj Thackeray: The tiger cub". Rediff. 2005-12-01. Retrieved 2002-01-03.
- ^ http://www.shivudyogsena.org/origin.htm
- ^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20081121252302400.htm
- ^ http://www.jansamachar.net/display.php3?id=&num=14801&lang=English
- ^ "Angry Big B hits back at MNS in blog".
- ^ "Raj Thackeray now targets Mumbai joint commissioner".
- ^ "Raj Thackeray now targets Mumbai joint commissioner".
- ^ "MNS wants job quota for Marathis". The Times of India. 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
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(help) - ^ accessdate=2008-10-08 "Infy shifts Pune staff on construction delay". Business Standard of India. 2008-09-09.
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(help) - ^ "Raj Thackeray arrested in Mumbai, gets bail". Reuters. 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ^ Analysis: What drove Raj Thackeray's party to violence
- ^ Mumbai: Raj Thackeray held, Abu Azmi out on bail
- ^ Raj Thackeray granted bail
- ^ Non-bailable warrant against Raj Thackeray
- ^ JUSTICE J. N. PATEL
- ^ HC slams MNS, likens Raj Thackeray to terrorist
- ^ Shiv Sainiks burn Raj Thackeray's effigy
- ^ Nano wouldn't be with Gujarat if I was the CM of Maharashtra: Raj Thackeray
- ^ Raj Thackeray a mental case, ban MNS: Lalu
- ^ Is the state soft on Raj?
- ^ MPs demand arrest of Raj on charges of 'treason'
- ^ Raj Thackeray arrest triggers MNS backlash
- ^ Raj Thackeray gets 2-week judicial custody
- ^ Pawan Kumar's death an accident: Rail Police
- ^ "Slain youth wanted to kill Raj: police".
- ^ http://www.rediff.com/news/1996/0209dili.htm
- ^ http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=214951
External links
- Raj Thackerey's response in The Indian Express to Sudheendra Kulkarni's criticism
- Cartoons created by Raj Thackerey
- ^ http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080070973 New legal strategy to tame Raj
- ^ http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14811453