New Delhi: Former Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad wished ailing Shiv Sena Bal Thackeray a speedy recovery on Friday while adding that their friendship was very old. Javed Miandad said that he would pray that Bal Thackeray gets well soon and leads get a long life. In a response to a question Miandad said that sports and politics should not be mixed.
Meanwhile, Manohar Joshi said that the Thackeray's condition is improving. "We are praying for him. His condition is improving due to medicines and prayers. Yoga guru Baba Ramdev also arrived at Matoshree to see the Shiv Sena chief while Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi also visited the Thackeray residence.
The 86-year-old Thackeray has been suffering from breathing problems. A huge crowd of Shiv Sena workers and leaders have gathered outside his residence in Mumbai after news spread that he was in a critical condition.
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Bal Keshav Thackeray (1926-2012), popularly known as Balasaheb Thackeray, is the founder and chief of the Shiv Sena, a Hindu nationalist, Marathi ethnocentric and populist party active mainly in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.
He sta ...
Shiv Sena, is a right-wing organization in India founded on 19 June 1966 by Bal Thackeray. It is currently headed by Thackeray's son, Uddhav Thackeray.
The party originally emerged out of a movement in Mumbai, (then known by its colonial ...
Manohar Gajanan Joshi, (Marathi: मनोहर गजानन जोशी) (born December 2, 1937) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is one of the prominent leaders of the Shiv Sena political party. He was the Chief ...
Mohammad Javed Miandad Khan (Urdu: محمد جاوید میانداد ) (born June 12, 1957), popularly known as Javed Miandad (Urdu: جاوید میانداد) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played between 1975-1996. After his playing ca ...
Swami Ramdev, born Ramkrishna Yadav on January 11, 1965 in Haryana, India, also known as Baba Ramdev, is an Indian spiritual leader known for his ventures in yoga, ayurveda and agriculture. Baba Ramdev is best known for repopularizing yoga am ...
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