The classic ‘Sena’ song
Udhav Thackrey announced that they will not allow Australian cricketers to play on mumbai soil as it is anti-Indian. He went on to say that this decision has been taken by Bala Saheb in direct response to racist attack on Indians living in Australia.
For one, I don’t think there is a more racist political party then Sena and its offspring MNS who can’t think beyond Marathi manoos agenda. For two, they have done nothing for the state they think belongs to ‘them only.’ For three, goonism is not a solution.
All said, I think it is pretty cool to have a pro-India agenda, hire a couple of dumb wanna be powerful goons, and go on issuing warnings. It is a pretty potent political power-play — reason why Shiv Sena and MNS still have support.
The age that I live in is all about selling a cause — it may or may not directly benefit the masses. It is about mobilizing the masses for it. KCR did it successfully for Telangana, like Sena did it in Maharastra.
Not letting Aussies play is one such objective-less cause which doesn’t serve any purpose but getting some eyeballs back on Sena which suffered some major setbacks in recent assembly polls.
The question remains for how long can India as a country afford to have political parties with non-result oriented agendas?
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