New Delhi: The Indian Cricket Board on Monday reacted angrily to Bal Thackeray's criticism of Sachin Tendulkar for his 'Mumbai is for all' comment, saying the Shiv Sena chief should be brought to book as his verbal attack on the batting maestro was uncalled for.
In an interaction with the media on completing 20 years in international cricket, Tendulkar had said, "I am a Maharashtrian and I am extremely proud of that. But I am an Indian first. And Mumbai belongs to all Indians."
Thackeray criticised the statement saying, "There was no need to take a cheeky single by making these remarks. By making these remarks, you have got run-out from the ‘pitch’ of Marathi psyche."
"You were not even born when the 'Marathi Manoos' got Mumbai and 105 Marathi people sacrificed their lives to get Mumbai," Sena mouthpiece Samana quoted Thackeray as saying.
The BCCI reacted sharply to Thackeray's statement with its Finance Committee Chairman and Spokesperson Rajiv Shukla saying that the Shiv Sena chief was making baseless statement.
"These kind of comments are completely uncalled for. Shiv Sena people have no business to talk like this. Tendulkar is a nationalist. He is for Maharashtra, he is for India. If somebody calls himself an Indian, is it a crime?" he fumed.
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