Against the backdrop of the controversy over a suitable location for a memorial to Bal Thackeray, an organisation called the Deshbhakti Andolan yesterday suggested building a school and college named after the departed Shiv Sena leader to provide students from the Marathi community with world-class education.

Saying Marathi students face a lot of problems during admission time, the organisation made the suggestion in a letter to Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray, senior party leader Manohar Joshi, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Mayor Sunil Prabhu.