The Thackerays came to Mumbai two generations ago for jobs and as such have no right to assault those coming to the financial capital in search of livelihood. This claim has been made in an article published in this month's issue of Nationalist Congress Party's mouthpiece
Rashtravadi, whose chief Sharad Pawar is an old friend of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.
Hari Narke, professor holding the Mahatma Phule chair at the University of Pune and a renowned scholar on Ambedkar, has written the strong-worded article. Narke has flayed Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, who is Bal Thackeray's nephew, over his party's attacks on migrants in Mumbai.
"Raj should read the autobiography of his grandfather Prabodhankar Thackeray (Bal Thackeray's father).