Balasaheb Thackeray Memorial

Union Minister Narayan Rane paid homage to Shiv Sena supremo late Balasaheb Thackeray at his memorial here on Thursday and later claimed the BJP will win the forthcoming polls to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, currently ruled by the Sena.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said the late Shiv Sena founder would not have liked the idea of axing trees for the memorial and would have thrashed those who tried to do so amid reports that a memorial of Balasaheb Thackeray in Aurangabad would require the felling of 1,000 trees.

Amruta Fadnavis, wife of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Sunday called the ruling Shiv Sena a "hypocrite" after media reports emerged that a memorial for the party patriarch late Bal Thackeray in Aurangabad would require felling of some 1,000 trees.

Amid controversy over the Mayor's Bungalow being converted into late Bal Thackeray's memorial, Congress legislator Nitesh Rane today said the private plot purchased by the Thackeray family opposite their residence 'Matoshree' was an ideal place for the commemorative structure.

Union Minister Narayan Rane paid homage to Shiv Sena supremo late Balasaheb Thackeray at his memorial here on Thursday and later claimed the BJP will win the forthcoming polls to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, currently ruled by the Sena.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said the late Shiv Sena founder would not have liked the idea of axing trees for the memorial and would have thrashed those who tried to do so amid reports that a memorial of Balasaheb Thackeray in Aurangabad would require the felling of 1,000 trees.

Amruta Fadnavis, wife of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Sunday called the ruling Shiv Sena a "hypocrite" after media reports emerged that a memorial for the party patriarch late Bal Thackeray in Aurangabad would require felling of some 1,000 trees.

Amid controversy over the Mayor's Bungalow being converted into late Bal Thackeray's memorial, Congress legislator Nitesh Rane today said the private plot purchased by the Thackeray family opposite their residence 'Matoshree' was an ideal place for the commemorative structure.