- By Shubham Bajpai
- Sat, 04 Oct 2025 11:19 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Amid the political slugfest between Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and Shiv Sena (UBT) after the ruling Sena leader Ramdas Kadam made sensational claims about Bal Thackeray's death during the Dussehra rally.
When asked about the controversy, UBT chief and former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray called Kadam 'gaddar' (Traitor) and 'Namak Haram' (Ungreatful).
Thackeray said, "I do not want to respond to gaddars and namak harams".
UBT plans to file defamation suit
Addressing a press conference, senior Sena (UBT) leader Anil Parab announced plans to file a defamation suit against Kadam for making false claims about their 'deity,' Bal Thackeray.
He added that any compensation awarded through damages would be donated to rain-hit farmers.
"The intention is to poison people's minds against Uddhav Thackeray. The Shiv Sena (led by Deputy CM Eknath Shinde) knows it cannot win the BMC polls. The charges made by Ramdas Kadam are aimed at deflecting attention from the issues currently facing Maharashtra," Parab said.
Escalating the game of allegations, Parab also demanded a narco test on Kadam over his claims around his wife's death in 1993.
Responding to Parab's allegations, Kadam clarified that his wife was burned in Khed while cooking on a stove, and that he was injured while trying to save her. He threatened to file a defamation suit against Parab for making baseless claims about his wife.
What started the row?
The row started with Kadam's Dussehra rally allegations that the Shiv Sena patriarch's body was kept at Matoshree, the Thackeray family residence in Bandra, for two days before his death was formally announced in 2012.
He also claimed that the Sena founder's fingerprints were taken after his death.
(With PTI Inputs)