| Wary without security, Raj stays indoors |
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| Kiran Tare |
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| After refusing the reduced police security provided by the state government, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, has been virtually under house arrest.
Although Thackeray regularly meets with MNS workers at his house, at the party headquarters at Dadar, and other parts of the city, he is rarely seen making a public appearance, due to the lack of security.
After losing police security, the MNS workers protect him working in groups of eight, in two shifts of 12 hours each, to guard his house. Besides that, he has been provided with private security guards. However, the arrangements seem to have still failed in restoring Thackeray's activities.
Thackeray's police security was reduced from the Z category to the Y category, after the MNS workers attacked students from Bihar who had come to Thane to appear for a railway exam. Agitated with the government's move, Thackeray refused to accept the reduced security.
A source said, "Usually, Raj meets the party workers at an office situated on the ground floor of his house. But now he has been told not to come down from his apartment from upstairs as a precautionary measure. Since last week, he only visited the Shivaji Park police station and addressed a press meet."
MNS general secretary, Atul Sarpotdar, however, disagrees that Thackeray's activities have been restricted. "There is a gag order against Rajsaheb till the end of November. He has been asked not to deliver speeches and give interviews. So it is obvious that he does not attend public functions. However, he meets people as usual," he said.
Thackeray received two threats last week, one from an unknown caller, and another from a Samajwadi Party MLA from Madhya Pradesh, Kishor Sarmite, who announced a reward for any person who would kill Raj. |
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