High-profile public works minister Chhagan Bhujbal, firebrand former chief minister Narayan Rane and Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam have no regrets about quitting the Shiv Sena. They say they had the highest regard for their political mentor, Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, but quit the party for political reasons.
"I have the highest regard for the senior Thackeray. Whether in power or otherwise , he ruled the state and country in a real sense. All along, he was my political mentor, but for political reasons I had no option but to quit the Shiv Sena," Rane, who is now with the Congress , told TOI on Saturday.
Rane, a born Sena activist, began his political career as a Sena shakha pramukh and later rose to take over the reins of the state while still in the Sena. "I was an ordinary Shiv Sena worker, but Bal Thackeray made me not only a legislator and a cabinet member, but even the chief minister of Maharashtra ," Rane said.
In the wake of political differences, Rane quit the Shiv Sena and joined the Congress in 2006. "No doubt, I joined the Congress, but I had a strong desire after that to meet the senior Thackeray . In fact, in the recent past, I made several attempts, but did not succeed," Rane said.
A scribe-turned-politician , Sanjay Nirupam, too, has a more or less similar story. Impressed by his writing skills, Thackeray appointed Nirupam to the party's Dopahar Ka Saamna. Later , Nirupam was elected to the Rajya Sabha as a Shiv Sena nominee. Subsequently , when Nirupam took on the BJP over basic issues in the Rajya Sabha during BJP-led NDA rule, the BJP lodged a strong protest. As a result, Nirupam had no option but to quit the Shiv Sena. "I resigned from the Shiv Sena on my own in 2006. Since then I did not meet the senior Thackeray. However, all along I had highest regard for him," said Nirupam, who has now been elected as a Congress MP.
Another veteran Shiv Sena leader to quit the party was Chhagan Bhujbal. Way back in 1991, Bhujbal, then the most trusted aide of Thackeray, not only quit the party, but engineered the biggest-ever split in the Shiv Sena. Thackeray had then asked Sena activists to take revenge on Bhujbal, but in subsequent years Bhujbal reached a truce with the Thackeray family. "For political compulsions, I quit the Shiv Sena and joined the Congress. Later, I joined the NCP. I have golden memories of my days in the Shiv Sena, particularly Bal Thackeray," Bhujbal said.
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