Bal Thackeray: Inconvenient Truths

  1. October 30, 1966. Thackerey's first Dusshera rally. Mob left rally to attak and burn South Indian shops and restaurants #inconvenienttruths
  2. 1966 rally was also addressed by Congress leader Ramrao Adik. Attacks on South Indians with back of CM Vasantrao Naik #inconvenienttruths
  3. Remember Congress CM Vasantdada Patil and how he helped Thackerey gain control of Mumbai municipal corporation? #teamB #inconvenienttruths
  4. Mumbai 1968. Hindi films brought out by South Indian producers (national integration) stopped by Thackerey's thugs. #inconvenienttruths
  5. February 1969. Thackerey unleashes his goons against Kannadigas. 59 dead, 274 wounded, 151 cops injured in week of riots #inconvenienttruths
  6. June 6, 1970. MLA+trade unionist Krishna Desai murdered in 1st political assassination in the city since independence. #inconvenienttruths
  7. January 1974. Dalit leader Bhagwat Jadhav brutally killed by Thackerey's goons. #inconvenienttruths
  8. Remember Thackerey's cringeworthy praise of Sanjay Gandhi during Emergency? #inconvenienttruths
  9. Jan 1982. Thackerey supports Congress in Great Textile Strike. Breaks ties under duress but goes back 3 years later #inconvenienttruths
  10. 1985. Thackerey calls for expulsion 'outsiders, proposes 1972 as cut off date for having moved to Maharashtra. #inconvenienttruths
  11. March 1988. The wonderful "saviour of Sikhs" Thackerey calls for a boycott of Sikh business in Maharashtra. #inconvenienttruths
  12. 1988 Thackerey's 'boycott of Sikhs businesses' idea is quietly abandoned after extorting crores from Sikhs in Mumbai #inconvenienttruths
  13. From 1984, Shiv Sena carries out attacks on Dalit farmers in Vidarbha and Marathwada, destroying crops, burning huts. #inconvenienttruths
  14. Thackerey's goons continue to attack Dalits through out the 80s attacks, worst case being Ambadas Savane. #inconvenienttruths
  15. Post 1989+ Mandal commission riots, Thackerey finds a more convenient target for his political purposes: Indian Muslims #inconvenienttruths
  16. October 1991. Thackerey's thugs (as usual) attack journalists, fracturing one woman's (Manimala) skull with a crowbar #inconvenienttruths
  17. 1991. Thackerey threatens a judge who had ruled against his goons with blinding. #inconvenienttruths
  18. 1991 Thackerey's Dopahar ka saamna editorial very sweetly compared women journalists to prostitutes. #misogynytoo #inconvenienttruths
  19. Thackerey: "If they have their Dawood, then we have our Arun Gavli." Coz all politicos need a personal mafia! #inconvenienttruths
  20. July 1996. The murder of Ramesh Kini after long term intimidation. SS-BJP state govt try to bury investigation #inconvenienttruths
  21. Kini's wife accused Raj Thackerey of his murder. HC asked CBI to investigate but Mumbai police destroyed the evidence #inconvenienttruths
  22. July 11, 1997. 10 Dalits killed, over 30 wounded at Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar massacre. None were armed btw! #inconvenienttruths
  23. Republic Day 1997. Two adivasi youths murdered. Adivasi women sexually assaulted by police and SS workers at Talasari #inconvenienttruths
  24. Republic Day 1997. Two adivasi youths murdered. Adivasi women sexually assaulted by police and SS workers at Talasari #inconvenienttruths

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