Mumbai, November 16: Sachin Tendulkar was today in the midst of an avoidable controversy with Bal Thackeray accusing the cricket icon of hurting Marathi sentiments with his “Mumbai for all” remark, evoking an angry reaction from BCCI which sought action against the Shiv Sena chief.
“There was no need for him (Sachin) to take a cheeky single by making such remarks,” Thackeray said in the Sena mouthpiece ‘Sammana’.
“By making these remarks, you have got run-out on the pitch of Marathi psyche. You were not even born when the ‘Marathi Manoos’ got Mumbai and 105 Marathi people sacrificed their lives to get Mumbai,” he said.
Thackeray said Tendulkar “left the crease and moved to the pitch of politics by making these remarks which have hurt Marathis.”
To this, BCCI Spokesperson Rajiv Shukla said in New Delhi, “This is the same language that Mohammed Ali Jinnah spoke.
-PTI