Completion of Bal Thackeray's memorial expected by January 2027: Uddhav

The memorial of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray is expected to be ready by January 2027 in his birth centenary year his son and Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday saidThackeray also visited the memorial site at Shivaji Park in Mumbais Dadar areaEarlier this month the Maharashtra government reconstituted the Balasaheb Thackeray National Memorial Public Trust appointing Uddhav Thackeray as its chairmanFormer minister Subhash Desai was appointed as secretary of the trust while Uddhav Thackerays son Aaditya Thackeray who is an MLA and former minister was named as a memberI had come to take stock of the work There will be a meeting of the trust soon and work will commence It is impossible that the work will get over on January 23 2026 late leaders birth anniversary But when Balasaheb completes 100 years in January 2027 I am confident that the memorial will be completed and opened for public Uddhav Thackeray told reportersState poll body chief should be booked for sedition if flaws in electoral rolls deliberate Aaditya ThackerayMeanwhile Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray on Friday alleged that there were flaws in the draft electoral rolls in Maharashtra and demanded suspension of the State Election Commissioner saying if these errors are deliberate a case of sedition should be registered against himThe ruling BJP however criticised him for raising objections and said Thackeray was blaming the voters list as he was staring at his partys defeat in the upcoming civic electionsAddressing a press conference Thackeray said the draft electoral rolls were published by the SEC on Thursday evening and they are being studied in detail by the partyThere are flaws in the lists Voters from one ward have been added to another They could not change ward boundaries so they have picked voter lists and mixed them with others The BJP and Shiv Sena are shifting people from one booth to another for their benefit and to weaken strong booths of the opponents he allegedThe former Maharashtra minister said since the draft list is voluminous and not machinereadable political parties will need more time to study itHe attributed the flaws in the list to the incompetence of the State Election CommissionerHe does not know how to work He must be suspended and if it has been done deliberately then the SEC needs to be booked for sedition because they are taking away citizens right to vote This is a conspiracy to help specific parties Thackeray allegedThe Worli MLA also claimed that the SEC was operating from the offices of the ruling partiesWe will raise objections but will the poll body take any action against it Thackeray askedThe poll body has only given seven days time to raise objections which is insufficient according to him