Kolhapur/Sindhudurg, Dec. 1 -- Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray said Nationalist Congress party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar never mentioned the name of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in his speech as he thinks if he took Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's name then it would impact on Muslim votes and it might lose their support.
At a press conference in Sindhudurg Thursday afternoon, Thackeray, who arrived from Kolhapur in Kokan area here as a first step of his Kokan tour, severely criticised Pawar, saying that Pawar in his speech, never mentioned Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's name till date. He was only taking names of Shahu-Ambedkar and Mahatma Phule and he thought if he took Chhatrapati's name then the Muslim community would go...