Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray lashed out at Revenue Minister and Congress leader Narayan Rane on Saturday for making unwarranted remarks over his health.Responding to Rane's attack on son Uddhav for bringing the ailing Sena chief to address the Dussehra rally on October 9, Thackeray said people like Rane should not worry about his health. "If not me, should Congress President Sonia Gandhi have been brought for the rally?" he asked.Referring to some Congress leaders' comments over his falling health and use of a support stick, the 81-year-old Sena patriarch said "it is with this stick that we will unfurl the saffron flag atop Mantralaya (state secretariat). This stick is needed to shoo away monkeys who are ruling the state," he added."Those who cannot digest the success of the Dussehra rally are making all sorts of speculation over my health. I don't need medical certificates from these people." "First, these people expressed doubts if I would turn up for the rally in view of my so-called health problems. When I came for the rally, they are now saying Uddhav should not have brought me there," Thackeray said.
