Maharashtra to give details of Thackeray's remarks

By Mahesh Vijapurkar

MUMBAI, DEC. 20. Maharashtra would provide a detailed note to the Centre on the utterances of Mr. Bal Thackeray and his writings in the Saamana on ``defranchisement of Muslims'' even as police have been given a free hand to deal with it.

The Chief Minister, Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, and Mr. Chagan Bhujbal, Deputy Chief Minister, told this to newspersons here today. They described Mr. Thackeray's views on Muslim defranchisement as ``unconstitutional'' and that the Centre should know about this. The Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister would be sent letters on Mr. Thackeray's contention which has ``certainly hurt the Muslim sentiment,'' Mr. Bhujbal said. Mr. Thackeray was not being provided with security to enable him to speak and write like this, he said.

PTI reports:

Mr. Thackeray said today that he was firm on his demand. ``If appeasement of Muslims is only for votes, then is it not the right of the Government to clamp restrictions on such vote- banks?'' Mr. Thackeray asked in the editorial in Saamna.

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