Mumbai, Oct 6: In a veiled attack on Anna Hazare, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today said his fast looked like a "five-star" event, a comment which left the social activist unfazed.
"It was a five-star fast...Do not make a mockery of (issue of) corruption," he said.
"Anna, you are trying honestly to fight corruption, but the corruption would not go away this way..." Thackeray said at a Dussehra rally of Shiv Sena at Shivaji Park here.
He referred to the huge arrangements at the fast venue, Ramlila Ground in Delhi, including the arrangement for "meals for 35,000 people".
Reacting to the remarks, Hazare told reporters in Ralegan Siddhi that "whatever he (Thackeray) felt right, he said. We will do whatever we think is right". One should have the power to "bear insults", he added.
The Sena had supported Hazare's agitation earlier, and Thackeray's grandson, Aditya, had met Hazare during the fast.
At the Shivaji Park rally, the father-son duo Bal Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray lashed out at the Congress for peace overtures with Pakistan.
Uddhav Thackeray said, it was shameful on part of External Affairs Minister S M Krishna who shook hands with Pak foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar, soon after Delhi blast by terrorists.
Bal Thackeray lashed out at the government for spending lavishly on the custody of Afzal Guru and Ajmal Kasab while at the same time, he alleged the same government says it does not have enough money to waive off farmers' loans. Is Afzal Guru their son-in-law that they are not hanging him to death, the senior Thackeray asked.
Both Bal and Uddhav Thackeray did not make any mention of political rival Raj Thackeray. However, Bal Thackeray said, a move is afoot to delink Mumbai from Maharashtra and threatened to come out on the streets with a pistol if this was done.
