Overview

• Shinde-faction veteran Ramdas Kadam alleged Bal Thackeray’s body was kept at Matoshree for two days in 2012 and that fingerprints or palm impressions were taken in connection with the leader’s will, citing a treating doctor he named as Dr Parker.
• Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders condemned the remarks, with Sanjay Raut calling them a betrayal and Anil Parab announcing a defamation suit and pledging any damages to flood-hit farmers.
• Parab urged a narco test on Kadam and revived questions about a 1993 case involving Kadam’s wife, while Uddhav Thackeray dismissed Kadam as a “gaddar” and “namak haram.”
• Kadam stood by his claims, challenged Uddhav Thackeray to a narco analysis, said he would seek a CBI probe and write to Devendra Fadnavis, and hinted at more disclosures.
• Several Shinde-aligned ministers and BJP figures, including Shrikant Shinde, Pratap Sarnaik, Shambhuraj Desai, Sanjay Shirsat and Nitesh Rane, urged the allegations be taken seriously or probed, reviving memories of past disputes over Thackeray’s will.