A nine-feet-tall statue of Bal Thackeray in Mumbai.
Highlights
- The blood donation camp was organised in Thane on the occasion of Bal Thackeray's birth anniversary
- Bal Thackeray was the founder of the Shiv Sena
- The party gave away 1kg of chicken to each of the donors who participated in the camp
The Shiv Sena's unit in Ulhasnagar town of Thane district came out with an unusual incentive to encourage people to donate blood on the occasion of party founder Bal Thackeray's birth anniversary - donate blood and take home one kg of chicken!
A total of 65 bottles of blood (from as many people) were collected during a donation camp on Sunday, which was the 96th birth anniversary of Bal Thackeray, said Dhananjay Bodare, the Sena leader in the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC).
He said party workers gave away one kg of chicken to each of the donors who participated in the camp organized in association with a blood bank.
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