Mumbai, December 08: Shiv Sena chief Bal
Thackeray’s granddaughter Neha married a Gujarati guy in Mumbai on
December 4, sources said.
Neha is the daughter of Bal Thackeray’s
eldest son late Bindumadhav. Neha has married Manan, son of an old
friend of Bindumadhav and Raj Thackeray. The marriage has further
cemented the family’s bond with the MNS leader.
The entire family, excluding Bal Thackeray, attended the wedding at
Hotel Taj Lands End. Neha’s mother Madhavi Thackeray welcomed guests
like Manohar Joshi, Ram Kadam, Ashish Shelar, Gopal Shetty, Nitin
Sardesai and wife Swati, Mangesh Sangle, Shirish Parkar, Shishir Shinde
and others.Raj Thackeray, too, attended the reception, along with his wife and sons, reports said. Meanwhile, there is a speculation in media circles that the Thackeray’s son-in-law converted to Hinduism sometime back, but the family has denied the reports.
The Shiv Sena patriarch watched his party bite the dust yesterday in its Konkan stronghold, routed by a former Sainik.
But the threat to Thackeray’s ideology
seems to be coming from closer home. On Sunday, his nephew’s daughter
Neha Gupte, 25, married Mohammad Nabi, 27. The wedding was kept a
secret from his famous mama by Vilas Gupte.
“I haven’t had the courage to tell him
yet, but I’m sure Bal mama will bless the couple,” said Gupte, an
anxious but proud father, at the reception.
By all available reports, the bride converted to Islam and had a nikaah three months ago at Bandra (West), a posh Mumbai suburb.
Thackeray lives close by, in Bandra (East), recently declared Mumbai’s dirtiest area by the municipal corporation.
“They had the nikaah three months ago in
Bandra, which was attended by Neha’s friends,” confirmed Mohammed
Qayoom, the groom’s brother.
The bride and her father are denying the
conversion. Asked if she changed her religion for the nikaah as is
mandatory, Neha smiled and said: “I don’t need to convert, I have a
very adjusting husband.”
Haji Afzal Hussain Khan, the
bridegroom’s father, said: “They did have a nikaah. Frankly, it depends
on the girl’s family when they want to tell him (Thackeray).”
Neha and Mohammed Nabi, both
physiotherapists, met a year and a half ago at a private clinic in
Kurla. They fell in love and decided to tie the knot. “But the family
took some time to come around,” admitted the couple.
Gupte does not think there could be a
permanent falling out between his family and the Thackerays over Neha’s
marriage. “I’m sure when I do tell him, Bal mama will accept it like
the rest of us have.”
Neha and Nabi had a registered marriage
on Sunday followed by a reception at Wadala, central Mumbai. The bride
looked radiant in her red-and-gold zari sari beside her handsome groom
in a beige suit.
Gupte’s mother and the Sena boss are
first cousins. “One of the reasons I kept the news of the wedding from
Bal mama was that we did not want to trouble them during the election campaign.”
The Sena lost both bypolls held on Saturday, with its Malwan candidate losing his deposit to ex-Sainik Narayan Rane.
The marriage is significant because of Thackeray’s past. A saffron supporter, he would denounce Muslims as “Pakade” (Pakistan-backers). In 1999, the Supreme Court barred him from voting in or contesting elections for inciting Hindu-Muslim riots.
Given this, it is but natural that Gupte has not told his uncle. “But I will, at the earliest,” he said
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