The result was delete. The consensus and the only reasonable solute is delete. This is covered sufficiently in the main article. The comparison with Gandhi shows the inappropriateness of this article. DGG ( talk ) 11:37, 10 December 2012 (UTC) reply
No reason this should have been split from the main article. He died, nothing significant to make the death notable, coverage within reasonable expectations for politicians such as him. — Spaceman Spiff 08:08, 25 November 2012 (UTC) reply
Keep His death is quite notable. over 2,000,000 people mourn over his death. ( see Bal Thackeray#Reactions) There was city bandh in mourn of death of Balasaheb Thackeray. and see the article Superstar rajnikanth wrote Sri Bala Saab Thackrey was a great leader & a father figure to many, including me....this is a great loss to all.... (see Bal Thackeray) so i vote for keep Forgot to put name ( talk) 09:52, 25 November 2012 (UTC) reply
Keep: Notability for following reasons and more (1) Record numbers of mourners: two million (2) complete peaceful closure of city for two -three days (3) Arrests related to death (4)unprecedented obituary in both Houses of Parliament (5) Unique public funeral Yogesh Khandke ( talk) 12:22, 25 November 2012 (UTC) reply