Protesting love lol, what will they they do next protest against peace and human rights?
Indian alternative to V-Day, courtesy Shiv Sena's Thackeray
Press Trust of India
Posted online: Monday, February 13, 2006 at 2014 hours IST
Mumbai, February 13: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Monday suggested an Indian alternative to Valentine’s Day and said it could be named after legendary lovers ‘Laila Majnu’ or ‘Heer Ranjha’ or ‘Bajirao-Peshwe Mastani’.
“Any way, you youngsters do this thing throughout the year. You don’t need a special day for it,” Thackeray was quoted saying in Sena’s mouthpiece Saamna on the eve of the Valentine’s Day.
“If you want to select the day, then select it in the name of ‘Laila-Majnu’, ‘Heer-Ranjha’ and ‘Bajirao Peshwe-Mastani’, he said.
Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil, who banned dance bars, is tolerating things like Valentine’s Day, Thackeray said.
The Sena chief congratulated college principals who had banned celebration of Valentine’s Day in their colleges.
Shiv Sainiks should continue to strongly oppose ‘hi-fi’ culture in the name of Valentine’s Day which is sought to be propagated in the country, Thackeray said.