Thackeray Memorial

Maharashtra CM denies giving Shiv Sena any assurance for a theme park

New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan says that he has not given any assurances to Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray for setting up of a theme park at the Mahalakshmi Race Course in Maharashtra. Uddhav had claimed on Sunday that a theme park will be set up at the Mahalakshmi Race Course.

The lease of the race course expired on May 31 and the Shiv Sena dominated BMC wants a Bal Thackeray memorial construction on the land. However, the Maharashtra government has not accepted the demand and so the Shiv Sena proposed a theme park.

Following instructions from Uddahv Mayor Sunil Prabhu allegedly asked the government not to extend the lease and instead handover the whole land to the BMC. The BMC owns 30 per cent of 10, 22,000 square yard of land while the rest 70 per cent is under the Maharashtra government.

After the government refused the permission for a Bal Thackeray memorial, Uddhav met Chavan on Sunday and later he said he has been assured about the theme park. But on Monday the Chief Minister denied that he gave any assurance....more    

BMC demarcates area for Thackeray's 'garden memorial'

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has demarcated the area to build a landscaped garden in the memory of late Shiv Sena patriarch Balasaheb Thackeray at Shivaji Park in central Mumbai. The proposal to build a 20 x 40 feet landscaped garden has been submitted by the Shiv Sena to the BMC. The garden which awaits final nod from the Maharashtra government and Bombay High Court will come up alongside the...  

Sena removes Thackeray's memorial structure from Shivaji Park

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena has finally removed the temporary memorial structure at Shivaji Park, where party founder Bal Thackeray was cremated. Work began after midnight on Monday and was completed just early on Tuesday morning. This comes after three weeks of stalemate between the Maharashtra government and the party, who has now agreed to shift the memorial to another location. The Shiv Sena is in talks with the Brihanmumbai Municipal...  

Sena agrees to shift Thackeray memorial on Dec 17

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena has finally agreed to shift the memorial of party founder Bal Thackeray from Shivaji Park in Mumbai. The Shiv Sena agreed to remove the temporary memorial structure while responding to a notice from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in this regard. The Shiv Sena told the BMC in its response that the temporary memorial structure would be removed on December 17. This comes a day after...  

Thackeray memorial: Sena to move structure 20 feet away

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena is for the first time showing signs of a debate on the structure constructed where Bal Thackeray was cremated. Their mouthpiece 'Saamna' has claimed that the party has decided to shift back the memorial to the margins of the Shivaji Park in Mumbai. This comes days after the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation gave a notice to the Shiv Sena over the structure. It will now be...  

Maharashtra CM says Shiv Sena must vacate Shivaji Park

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has given a stern message to the Shiv Sena. He has said Shivaji Park, a large open ground in central Mumbai, was given to the Shiv Sena just for Bal Thackeray's cremation. Chavan said the Shiv Sena must vacate Shivaji Park. "Shivaji Park was given for Bal Thackeray's cremation on the grounds that it will be returned in the same condition. We want the...  

BMC tells Shiv Sena to dismantle structure at Shivaji Park

Mumbai: The Brihan Mumbai Corporation has sent a notice to the Shiv Sena to dismantle the temporary structure built at the Shivaji Park where party founder Bal Thackeray's cremation took place. BMC has denied permission for a Bal Thackeray memorial at the Shivaji Park. BMC says that the permission to use the ground was given only for the cremation and that it should be restored to its original status as...  

Row over Balasaheb memorial unnecessary: Uddhav

Mumbai: The controversy over the Bal Thackeray memorial is unnecessary said his son and Shiv Sena Working President Uddhav Thackeray in his first interview after the Sena supremo's death. Uddhav in an interview to Sena's paper 'Saamna' said that the Sena will continue fighting for 'Marathi Manoos' and 'Hindutvavaad'. Shiv Sena party workers have been demanding for a memorial at Shivaji Park but the Maharashtra government is yet to respond...  

Maharashtra Congress against ‘another’ memorial in Shivaji Park

Mumbai: Opposing the demand by senior Shiv Sena leaders that memorial of the late Bal Thackeray be constructed at Shivaji Park here, state Congress on Saturday said no "other" memorial should come up at the sprawling ground in central Mumbai. "Shivaji Maharaj is a god for people of Maharashtra. His memorial is already there at Shivaji Park," MPCC chief Manikrao Thakre said. "As there is already one memorial in place,...  

Thackeray memorial: Shiv Sena guards Shivaji Park

Mumbai: As the controversy over late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's memorial rages on, a large number of Shiv Sainiks are guarding the place in Shivaji Park where the leader was cremated. Shiv Sainiks have also put up barricades at the cremation ground. On the other hand the Maharashtra government and the Shiv Sena are at loggerheads over Thackerays proposed memorial. Shiv Sena leaders say that if a memorial is...  

'Don't care if law comes in way of Thackeray's memorial'

Nashik: Intensifying its demand for Bal Thackeray's memorial at Shivaji Park in Mumbai, the Shiv Sena on Monday said that the party would not budge from its stand irrespective of legal implications. "We don't care if any law is coming in the way to raise Balasaheb's memorial at Shivaji Park," said senior party leader and former Maharashtra chief minister Manohar Joshi. He was speaking to reporters in Nashik after attending...  

'Law will be following in setting up Thackeray's memorial'

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday said that the state government would not do anything in violation of the law with regard to Shiv Sena's demand to set up a memorial of the late Balasaheb Thackeray at Shivaji Park. Thackeray was cremated at Shivaji Park last Sunday, the same ground where he had addressed his followers during Dassera rallies for over 40 years and Shiv Sena is keen...  

Residents welfare groups oppose Bal Thackeray memorial

Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackrey's funreal at the iconic Shivaji Park was only the second public funeral in the state's history. The cremation at the park, that has been declared a silent zone by the Bombay High Court, was seen as a one time concession keeping in mind the massive crowds that turned up to pay their last respects. However, the Sena demand that a memorial be built for...  

Shiv Sena demands Bal Thackeray memorial

Mumbai: Former Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi has demanded that a memorial to party chief Bal Thackeray be built and installed at his cremation venue, the Shivaji Park, next to the memorial to Chhattrapati Shivaji. "We want his memorial to be built here (Shivaji Park). Why won't the government permit it?" asked Joshi, adding that the party wanted his memorial next to "Chhattrapati Shivaji's memorial". The...