Mumbai: The new Editor of Shiv Sena-run publications, the Saamana Group, Rashmi Thackeray has made it clear to the Bharatiya Janata Party who is “the boss”.
In the maiden edit in the group newspapers after she took over as Editor on Sunday, she has slammed the BJP State president Chandrakant Patil, labeling him as “Dadamiyana, conveying that she would adopt a tough, hands-on approach.
“When ‘Dadamiyan’ and many others like him were wetting their beds, the Shiv Sena had taken up the fight for Hindutva and patriotism, and it needs no lessons from them (BJP),” the edit in Saamana and Dopahar Ka Saamana said.
The sharp commentary was in reference to Patil’s recent assertions that since “nobody is descendent of Aurangzeb in Maharashtra, it will be appropriate if Aurangabad is renamed as ‘Sambhajinagar’ at the earliest”.
A visibly ruffled Patil immediately shot back by saying: “This language was not expected from (Rashmi) Taia” and BJP former minister Ashish Shelar hit out by saying “you media-pundits are Miya-Darbari!”
Continuing to slam the BJP, the edit said that the state party has lost all relevance in its words and deeds which are an outcome of the failure of Fadnavis, Patil and their team.
“Patil, or BJP’s ‘Dadamiyan’ is now following in Fadnavis’ roadmap and talking sheer nonsense. His recent statements in Aurangabad indicate that not only was it a slip of tongue, but also he has lost his much more,” the edit said.
The edit said that he had no business to say it since Maharashtra has long ago buried the ghosts of Aurangzeb nor is anybody in the state his (Aurangzeb’s) descendent. (IANS)