(From left) Thackeray, Antulay and Navalkar: Help from the Government
The Shiv Sena is alive and well, judging by a morcha launched by that party late last fortnight in Bombay. Started ostensibly as a march to demand that the Government settle the longstanding border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka, the March 9 morcha was in fact a spirited attempt by the Sena to reaffirm its sagging image of street-level strength and violence. Antulay turned up at Kalaghoda, bantered with Sena leader Bal Thackeray and Pramod Navalkar, and made a long speech to the mob promising to solve the border problem.
