Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan is the latest person to earn the Shiv Sena’s displeasure. Party chief Bal Thackeray has flayed Sankaranarayanan for saying “anybody can live in Mumbai”
"Saying that migrants will continue to come to Mumbai is akin to betrayal of Maharashtra," Thackeray said in an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamna in Mumbai on Saturday.
The Governor had said on Friday: "anybody can live in Mumbai. Only Mumbai can compete with itself. The rich, middle class and the poor co-exist here".
In an informal interaction with media persons, his first since taking over the gubernatorial post, he said though civic and infrastructure facilities needed to be upgraded in the city, migration from other parts of the country cannot be curbed.
Terming Governors who reside in the sprawling Raj Bhutan by the Arabian Sea here as "Congress pensioners", Thackeray said, "Raj Bhutan has lost touch with people's sentiments, that's why you say such things."
"Had Sankaranarayanan been the Governor of Karnataka, would he have dared to say let hordes of migrants come to Bangalore," Thackeray, who has earlier targeted Tendulkar and Amana over their 'Mumbai belongs to all' remarks, said.
"Mumbai has been made into a dharamshala. The only way to stop the influx of migrants is to start a permit system to impose curbs on those coming here," Thackeray said.
Shiv Sena had earlier criticised cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and business tycoon Mukesh Ambani for saying Mumbai belongs to all Indians.
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