When in doubt, Uddhav Thackeray always pulls out the trump card, Bal Thackeray, from his pack in the hope that it's one ace that will never fail with the Marathi manoos. Well, guess what. It seems to have boomeranged badly if public perception is any indication.
Ever since he lost the elections, Shiv Sena President Uddhav has struggled to first explain the defeat, then the rise of his cousin Raj Thackeray and, of course, what his party stands for. Not too long ago, when Raj floated the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), he had proclaimed that he had "no desire to follow his uncle's brand of politics". But defeat has replaced bravado with desperation.
The ensuing farce in the streets, in television studios and in the Twitterworld is no less dramatic than any Mumbai tamasha.
