It all started with a not so innocent answer to a media scribe's question. On being asked about what he felt about the current debate in Mumbai about Marathi Manoos, India's batting maestro replied that he felt that Mumbai was a part of India, and though he was proud of being a Maharastrian, he was an Indian first. This response irked Shiv Sena's supremo Balasaheb Thackeray and he verbally attacked Sachin in a editorial of Saamna, the Shiv Sena's Mouthpiece. He explicitly asked Sachin to mind his own business - i.e. playing cricket and leave the politics to politicians. He further went on to comment that Sachin had hurt the sentiments of Marathis.
In my opinion this is absolutely RIDICULOUS!!!. Sachin most probably just spoke out what was going on in his mind and his comments had no politics behind it. Shiv Sena's and Balasaheb's reaction is nothing but just a cheap gimmick to grab some eyeballs and we should not let them succeed. Who has given parties like MNS and Shiv Sena to take up the cause of Maharastrians. Shiv Sena claims to be the heart and mind of Maharastrians, but the results of recent elections held in Maharashtra show what everyone thinks of Shiv Sena. It is just a dying party who is struggling to survive. Instead of giving them any prominence whatsoever, media should probably just give them enough rope so that it may end up hanging itself.
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