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Shiv Sena 'clears' Thackeray cremation site
Tuesday December 18, 2012 07:18:59 PM,
Agencies
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Mumbai:
After a month of reluctance, the Shiv Sena finally vacated the
cremations site of its leader Bal Thackeray at the dead of the
night on Tuesday amid high security.
What the Shiv Sena leaders termed as
the "shifting" of the cremation site was done after the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
agreed to provide a land admeasuring land for a garden in
Thackeray's memory.
The "shifting" was done amid tight
security at Shivaji Park around 2.30 a.m. in the
presence of a few top party leaders, including Sunil Prabhu,
Subhash Desai and senior leader Rahul Shewale.
The entire operation was carried out peacefully at the dead of the
night though a group of Shiv Sainiks assembled outside the 28-acre
Shivaji Park precincts.
Thackeray, who died Nov 17, was accorded a state funeral at
Shivaji Park ground in central Mumbai the following day.
However, post-cremation, the Shiv Sena was reluctant to vacate the
premises and had demanded a memorial be raised for the late leader
at the spot.
Later, the cremation site was virtually converted into a
pilgrimage site with an "eternal flame", maintaining
round-the-clock vigil, tourists and students thronging the place
daily to pay homage to Bal Thackeray even as the authorities
grappled with the sensitive issue.
The party also demanded that Thackeray's memorial should be
constructed at the Shivaji Park and the historic park be renamed
as 'Shivtirth' among other things, but the government remained
non-committal.
Meanwhile, a Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official
said that a beautiful,
landscaped garden dedicated to the memory of the late Shiv Sena
chief Bal Thackeray would bloom at Shivaji Park, where Thackeray
was cremated last month.
The decision by the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) came
hours after the Shiv Sena voluntarily "vacated" the cremation site
at the historic 28-acre ground in central Mumbai's Dadar.
Mumbai Mayor Sunil Prabhu said that the garden would serve as a
befitting memorial for the late Shiv Sena chief and would be
properly landscaped by a prominent architect.
A proposal for a memorial at Shivaji Park came up before the BMC
ruled by the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party and was sent to
Municipal Commissioner Sitaram Kunte.
While Kunte has agreed to allot a 800-square feet plot for the
garden-memorial, no other type of construction activity or statue
would be permitted at the venue.
With the approval to the garden-memorial proposal, the entire
matter has ended amicably for all parties concerned.
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