The Great Maratha PR War

It was expected that the two parties which claim to represent the Marathi manoos would go on overdrive when Maharashtra Day is celebrated.

It was expected that the two parties which claim to represent the Marathi manoos would go on overdrive on 1 May, when Maharashtra Day is celebrated. Both the Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena didn’t disappoint. The former collected 24,200 bottles of blood (in memory they said of the blood shed by martyrs to form Maharashtra). The MNS decided that the stomach was the best way to the voter’s heart and organised an exhibition of the state’s diverse cuisine.  The Sena one-upped the MNS by hosting an event in Shivaji Park, the heart of the Maharashtra movement. Reclusive leader Balasaheb Thackeray stepped out of his residence to inaugurate murals depicting Shivaji’s life. The MNS had been trying to get a court stay on the murals for a while, claiming they reduced the entry/exit points to the park.

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