Saturday, November 17, 2012

Thackeray's parochial brand of politics | ummid.com

Thackeray's parochial brand of politics | ummid.com
What this obsessive parochialism, which has been accepted as a creed by Balasaheb's son Uddhav and nephew Raj, means is that Thackeray has never acquired the kind of political respectability which other provincial leaders like the DMK's M. Karunanidhi or the AIADMK's J. Jayalalitha have secured, enabling them to forge alliances with pan-Indian parties.