Thackeray rejects Bharat Ratna awarded to him

Wednesday, 10 February 2010 11:19

Written by Anshul, onion uttapam news

Bal Thackeray, who was yesterday announced as recipient of Bharat Ratna 2010, has rejected the honour conferred on him by the Government of India. At a press conference held at his residence Matoshree, Balashabeb Thackeray rejected the award saying that it was an insult to him. Thackeray has been awarded the Bharat Ratna for his services in uniting the country against regional chauvinism.

"It is sad that by my regular statements against everyone who utters the absolutely abhorrent phrase 'Mumbai is for all', I have managed to involuntarily unite all of Indians against regional chauvinism, while my true intentions were to awaken the people of Maharashtra against their exploitation by Hindi-speaking people. I reject the award considering it as an insult to me and to my dear Marathi Manoos." said Thackeray to reporters.

bal-ratna-m “The award has been given to me for services to India. What bullcrap! I don’t even remember that there is a country called India on this earth, so how can I serve it? All my life I have spent in serving only the Marathi manoos.” he said at the press conference.

"I don't even have an iota for attraction for the Bharat Ratna award. I want to assure you that I will never accept any award that places me along with the likes of bhaiyas like Rajiv Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri and many others. It's an insult, an absolute disgrace to be put in the same list with them. I would prefer to die than accept an award that has been previously given to unworthy, undeserving north Indians.” said Bal Thackeray.

Thackarey also announced the inception of Marathi Manoos award, which will be given every year to the person who has beaten and sent back maximum number of bhaiyas from Maharashtra. "The award is for the services to my motherland.” he said. “We will be announcing the winner on 1st of May every year, to coincide with the Maharashtra Day celebrations. We will try to do as much as possible to cleanse our motherland of these foreigners.” said Balasaheb in a roaring voice.