A host of political leaders, cutting across party lines, today came down heavily on Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray for criticising Sachin Tendulkar, saying the cricket maestro's Mumbai for all remark was just right and nobody could take objection to it.<br/>The Indian Cricket Board also reacted angrily to the Sena supremo's comments in the party mouthpiece 'Saamna' with its spokesman Rajiv Shulka demanding that Thackeray should be brought to book for his verbal attack on Tedulkar.<br/>Mr.Thackeray said that Tendulkar had, through his remark, had left the crease and moved to the pitch of politics and this had hurt the Marathi psyche. Earlier, Tendulkar had said, he is a Maharashtrian and is extremely proud of that. But he is an Indian first and Mumbai belongs to all Indians.<br/>Chief Ministers of Maharashtra and Bihar, Ashok Chavan and Nitish Kumar, Union Ministers Salman Khurshid and RJD leader Lalu Prasad, said they congratulated Tendulkar, a Maharashtrian and a pride of India, and that he had stated what was just right as Mumbai belongs to all Indians.<br/>
News On AIR | November 16, 2009 4:23 PM
Bal Thackeray slammed for remark on Sachin saying "Mumbai for all"