Mumbai:
The Shiv Sena is on Monday expected to shift a memorial created at the spot in Mumbai's Shivaji Park where party founder Bal Thackeray was cremated last month.
The party is likely to move the temporary structure to the fringes of the large public park after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) raised objections.
The Sena had refused to shift out the memorial - a tented enclosure barricaded with bamboo poles and having huge posters of Mr Thackeray - and demanded that it be turned into a permanent memorial. Shiv Sainiks had been camping at the park to guard the structure.
The BMC, which refused permission, was caught in a month-long deadlock with the Sena and served notices to Mayor Sunil Prabhu, who is from the party, and Sanjay Raut to remove the structure.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had said it would be illegal to create a memorial for Mr Thackeray at Shivaji Park. He reminded the Sena that the ground was given for Mr Thackeray's funeral to accommodate the lakhs of people expected to turn up.
Mr Thackeray died on November 17 at his home in Mumbai. He was cremated the next day at the Shivaji Park, where he addressed his followers during Dussehra rallies for over 40 years.
The party is likely to move the temporary structure to the fringes of the large public park after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) raised objections.
The Sena had refused to shift out the memorial - a tented enclosure barricaded with bamboo poles and having huge posters of Mr Thackeray - and demanded that it be turned into a permanent memorial. Shiv Sainiks had been camping at the park to guard the structure.
The BMC, which refused permission, was caught in a month-long deadlock with the Sena and served notices to Mayor Sunil Prabhu, who is from the party, and Sanjay Raut to remove the structure.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had said it would be illegal to create a memorial for Mr Thackeray at Shivaji Park. He reminded the Sena that the ground was given for Mr Thackeray's funeral to accommodate the lakhs of people expected to turn up.
Mr Thackeray died on November 17 at his home in Mumbai. He was cremated the next day at the Shivaji Park, where he addressed his followers during Dussehra rallies for over 40 years.
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