Bal Thackeray was locked in a war of words today with Anna Hazare who was warned not to indulge in “enmity” and pick up a fight after the Gandhian mocked the Shiv Sena chief’s old age.
“You are younger than me. This childishness does not behove you,” Mr Thackeray, 85, said after the anti-corruption crusader riled the Sena supremo over his remarks at the Sena’s annual Dussehra rally here on Thursday.
During his speech, Mr Thackeray had termed 74-year-old Mr Hazare’s anti-corruption movement a “joke”. “Anna, corruption will not end in this country. Big fish are involved in this. Your net will get torn, but these fish will not be caught,” he said.
Responding to the Sena chief’s remarks, Mr Hazare had mocked Mr Thackeray’s growing age.
On Friday, Mr Thackeray said, “We can give a befitting reply to what Anna has said, because we are not Gandhian.” — PTI