PUNE: Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray on Monday attributed the country's partition to what he called "love affair" between Pandit Nehru and Lady
Edwina Mountbatten.
"Lord Mountbatten took advantage of this madness and the country was ditched," Thackeray said in an interview carried by the party mouthpiece 'Saamna'.
Responding to the question on whether Pakistan posed a danger to India, Thackeray said, "I had a film with me which portrayed this (Nehru-Edwina affair and creation of Pakistan). This film was banned in England as that country feared loss of face. This is patriotism."
The cassette was given to him by the late Bollywood film maker Manmohan Desai, Thackeray added.