PM Modi pays tribute to Bal Thackeray on his death annivarsary
Modi tweeted: "Balasaheb Thackeray was committed to the well-being of people. He was widely admired by Karyakartas. Tributes to him on his Punya Tithi."
Bal Keshav Thackeray, popularly known as Balasaheb or Bal Thackeray, was a Marathi cartoonist turned politician who established the Hindu right-wing party, Shiv Sena.
Over the years Thackeray emerged as a powerful leader whose life story became the subject of many Bollywood and Tamil films.
Till his regime, Thackeray received constant criticism for his staunch Hindu stance and political game-play.
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