Author: PTI
Publication: Rediff on Net
Date: March 16, 2004
URL: http://in.rediff.com/news/2004/mar/16mum.htm
Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray on
Tuesday expressed gratitude to cricketer Zaheer Khan for describing him
as a secular leader.
In an interview to Pakistan's leading
newspaper Dawn, the cricketer had said that the Sena chief is not against
Muslims and lamented that certain vested interests were bent upon tarnishing
his image by describing him as 'anti-Muslim'.
Zaheer had also told the Pakistan
media that patriotic Muslims in India had no differences with Thackeray
or the Shiv Sena. Only those indulging in subversive activities were opposed
to the saffron party, he said.
The interview was carried by Sena's
newspaper Saamna.
Describing him as a 'real Hindustani
Muslim', the Sena leader said in Mumbai that he is proud of Zaheer.
