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Modi can lose Shiv Sena support: Thackeray
Thursday October 20, 2011 10:57:33 AM,
IANS
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Mumbai: Gujarat Chief
Minister Narendra Modi would lose the Shiv Sena's support if he
pressed for the relaxation of visa procedures for Pakistanis
wanting to visit the Ajmer dargah in Rajasthan, party chief Bal
Thackeray said Thursday.
"If he (Modi) errs, we shall not support him. I will not allow my
country and Hindutva to be sullied by this," Thackeray said,
referring to the Bharatiya Janata Party leader's demand.
Thackeray's comments were published Thursday in the final
instalment of a three-part marathon interview in the Hindi
newspaper Dopahar ka Saamna.
Though Modi is considered the "strongman" of Gujarat, Thackeray
said that once "air fills somebody's head", it was natural that he
would stray from his path.
The Shiv Sena chief said he had earlier supported Modi when some
people in the BJP were opposing him. He had also told senior BJP
leader L.K. Advani that Gujarat would "out of BJP's hands" if Modi
were to go.
On Sep 23, Modi is reported to have told a convention of the
Indian Association of Tour Operators that visas procedures should
be relaxed for Pakistanis who wanted to pray at the Ajmer shrine.
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