Pranab a ‘superpower’: Bal Thackeray

Having declared his party’s support for Pranab Mukherjee in the presidential poll, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Saturday described him as a “superpower” and said the Opposition should be happy that with his election the government will become a “lame duck”. “Mr Mukherjee is a super power in the government and because of his going to the Rashtrapati Bhawan, the government is going to become a lame duck. That is why the Opposition should be the most happy to see that he is going to Rashtrapati Bhawan,” he said in an editorial in party mouthpiece