Uddhav made Bal Thackeray sign the will without letting the latter know the Balasaheb Thackeray is very familiar with launching state-wide campaigns to perish a movement, a politician or a party, and in this case, it was against Sharad Pawar. The rivals came together to stand against the trade union leader Datta Samant in an attempt to stop the workers from partaking in the strike. - … Balasaheb Thackeray was born in Marathi Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu Community on 23 January 1926 (Age: 86, at the time of Death) in Pune, Bombay Presidency, British India. advertisement. (To download our E-paper please click here. politically active, ambitious and delivered speeches in his uncle’s style. Jaidev claims that Bal Thackeray “was of an unsound mind at that time and He was such a jocular person. The matter turned murkier when Jaidev claimed that Aishwarya Thackeray, the son from his former wife Smita, was not his child. After Click to get started. We'll send you more. Justice Gautam Patel announced that the rest of the deposition would be The will was signed in December 2011 and Thackeray senior died in November And you could listen him for hours.". He is known to be the most influential and powerful Hindu right-wing politician in the state of Maharashtra. "Though we have political differences, it did not affect relation between the two families. He founded a party called ‘Shiv Sena’ in 1966. photography and not interested in politics. Thackeray got into active politics only in the 1990s. The campaign hit Pawar and the Congress government at that time severely. The Quint is available on Telegram & WhatsApp too, click to join. Subscribe to The Quint's newsletter and get selected stories delivered to your inbox every day. This time the campaign was successful in shaking up people’s faith in the Pawar who was until then considered as the undisputed leader of Maharashtra. Jaidev also claimed that Balasaheb later told him that Uddhav He framed Pawar as a corrupt politician which created a big black blotch on his career and Maratha leader in the state. Jaidev is partly right as Uddhav will. All three instances involved Chhagan Bhujabl, the politician from Maharashtra who has a history in all three major parties in the state, Shiv Sena, Indian National Congress and Nationalist Congress Party. Illegitimate Child, Alleged Fraud: Thackeray Sons Battle Over Will. She said Balasaheb referred to her father as Sharadbabu. on 16 October 2011 where Balasaheb told him that he would get a share in the Jaidev told the court that he had been close to his father since 1970s. Jaidev said: Jaidev alleged that Uddhav conspired to remove his name from the family ration card. nephew Raj Thackeray would be Bal Thackery’s political heir as he was Thackeray is underway, but it’s in-camera and out "When we reached there, Balasaheb inquisitively inquired from my father about his (Balasaheb's) girlfriend. Let’s look at some of the facts related to his life. Rahul is in his late twenties and is making a Marathi biopic on Bal Thackeray, which his mother Smita After a year, Bhujbal again led one of the biggest setbacks for Shiv Sena. While Pawar had expected Balasaheb to step in and save him from being publicly executed, the Sena supremo remained silent. Later, in 2000, when Bhujbal had shifted his loyalty from Sena to the new-found Nationalist Congress Party, he decided to attack Balasaheb Thackeray. Jaidev said that despite such instances, he was trying Sule said that Kaka, as she fondly addressed Thackeray, was a regular visitor to their residence in Mumbai. Jaidev said he had no interest in politics, but his former wife Smita wanted to join it in 1994. Subscribe To Our Daily Newsletter And Get News Delivered Straight To Your Inbox. He alone launched a full-fledged campaign against Sharad Pawar. The property dispute in Mumbai’s most influential political family is out in the public domain. handed him a set of documents and asked him to sign. During cross examination, he referred to Aishwarya as “some unknown person” who was occupying the first floor of Matoshree, their residence, that Bal Thackeray left Aishwarya in his will. But Smita continued to live there until their divorce in 2004. Thackeray is producing. When asked if he ever wanted to return to Matoshree, property. Further cross-examination of Jaidev Thackeray: Jaidev Thackeray, Bal Thackeray’s second son, has The three of them spearheaded a state-wide campaign against Sharad Pawar and the Pawar-led Congress government. Jaidev Thackeray, Bal Thackeray's estranged son, on Wednesday revealed some startling information about his relationship with wife Smita and his son Aishwarya Thackeray. Balasaheb Thackeray is very familiar with launching state-wide campaigns to perish a movement, a politician or a party, and in this case, it was against Sharad Pawar. challenged his father’s will which hands over much of the property to Uddhav. Jaidev will, left the first floor of Matoshree to Aishwarya so his mother Smita could visit him. Shiv Sena had tried their level best to stop the inevitable, with no help from Sharad Pawar, senior Thackeray was arrested. Balasaheb never pretended that he never liked these things. of bounds for the media. He was broad-minded, liberal and a leader who had spoken freely what he thought was right. Thakre Or Thackeray ", Walking down the memory lane, Sule said, "It was fun to interact with him. For a moment I was taken aback. Sule said that Kaka, as she fondly addressed Thackeray, was a regular visitor to their residence in Mumbai. The very first public spat between the two was initiated by Chhagan Bhujbal, who was then with Shiv Sena. However, the giant move did not make an inch of a difference; the textile workers participated in the strike in huge numbers. In his affidavit, Jaidev told the court that Bindumadhav, Balasaheb’s eldest son was not interested in politics either. The Sena chief, said Sule, never held himself back. After all, these were political attacks... At personal level, our families shared a close bond." He has made 9 more shocking claims in the Bombay High Court. The Thackeray and Pawar families share a close rapport and this connection has remained intact for decades, said Supriya Sule, Baramati MP and daughter of NCP chief Sharad Pawar. My father and Balasaheb remained very good friends and their friendship goes back to five decades," she said. Pawar, the then Maratha strongman and Balasaheb Thackeray religiously followed their political rivalry with each other for a big part of their political careers. to keep cordial relations with Uddhav, but Uddhav didn’t even return his phone Jaidev claimed in his affidavit that Uddhav was into Until then, many believed 2012. He was more interested in his business and the film industry. He is credited for causing the biggest split in Thackeray’s party. When Uddhav’s lawyer asked him if Aishwarya was his son, Jaidev said: Then his child! Most of these are allegations against Uddhav Sule said over five years ago she and her father had gone to the Thackeray residence. Matoshree with her daughter Neha and son Nihar. told the court that he moved out of Matoshree in 1999 due to the growing rift between him and Smita. Sule said that her relationship with the Thackeray family can be traced back to the time when she was born and that her mother and Thackeray's wife were good friend. Since childhood, he was fond of writing and activism. He could speak on a range of subjects which gave an insight into this knowledgeable mind. Essentially, he meant that My father also took them in his stride. Liked this story? He was not very good at studies and dropped out of his school very soon. Paying her condolences, Sule said, "Maharashtra has suffered an irreparable loss in the death of the most firebrand leader. Pawar and Thackeray reached new heights of rivalry while putting efforts to build a cordial personal relationship with each other in the years that came. Uddhav Thackeray’s elder brother Jaidev Thackeray recently made a jaw-dropping claim – that Aishwarya, the son from his former wife Smita, is not