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Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray has issued a statement saying the campaign against My Name Is Khan has been successful.
He also says the Sena never asked Shah Rukh to apologise to them but the Sena had sought an apology to the nation.
"The Sena agitation was not against the film My Name Is Khan but was against the love for Pakistan which SRK showed and his insulting of India," Thackeray said in an apparent reference to the actor’s favouring inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in IPL competition.
"We stood up against Khan because of patriotism. If patriotism is an offence in this country, Shiv Sainiks will commit the offence again and again," the Sena chief said after a meeting of top Sena leaders at Matoshree, his house in suburban Bandra.
Thackeray said for the Sena, the nation is always first and larger than anything else and if thinking about the nation is a crime Shiv Sainiks will do it repeatedly.
Accusing Chief Minister Ashok Chavan of siding with Khan during the ongoing row, Thackeray said, "The whole world saw how desperate and hapless the CM has become for one Khan."
Thousands of Shiv sainiks were arrested during the agitation, Thackeray said. "They were beaten up till they bled and locked up. Cinema halls did not become housefull despite Congressmen buying tickets but the jails were housefull with Shiv sainiks," he said.
Source: publication.samachar.com
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