It’s been almost three weeks since Balasaheb Thackeray was cremated, but the state is yet to give a clear, unambiguous answer about what it plans to do with the makeshift memorial standing at the historic Shivaji Park.

As of yet, neither the Congress-led state government, nor the BMC under the Shiv Sena-BJP combine has taken a definitive stance on the issue. While the Shiv Sena leadership is maintaining a discreet silence on the matter, it is letting its cadres take on the task of ‘protecting’ the spot where Thackeray was cremated. Perhaps keeping in mind the kind of reverence that the late Sena chief inspired in his lifetime and in the wake of his death, no party is willing to take a stand on the issue, lest feathers are ruffled yet again.