Re: Anti North Indian sentiments growing in India
Mumbai cant grow. It is a group of islands. There is reclaimed land, but causes lot of flooding.
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“Why am I being called a goonda?”
In an open letter to The Maharashtra Times, Raj Thackeray has defended his rhetoric on the north Indians. Defending his action; in a letter titled “My stand and my battle”, Raj Thackeray made references to the Prime Minister’s stance on the turban issue, among many other.
The letter written in Marathi is exclusively available with TIMES NOW.
In the open letter, Raj Thackeray said: “When the French President came to India, the Indian Prime Minister made a request to him on the ban on turbans in France. In Punjab the Akali Dal took the lead to put Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale’s photograph in the Damdami Taksal.”
Raj further writes: “The LTTE is responsible for Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination. But almost all political parties in Tamil Nadu have a connection with the LTTE either this way or that. When Ganguly is removed from the Indian team, all communists in West Bengal take a pro-Bengali position. Is all this not being parochial, regional or communal?”
Hitting out aggressively at his critics, Raj Thackeray said: “Amitabh Bachchan calls himself ‘chora ganga kinare wala’. Is that not parochial? But when I and my party speak out for Marathis and the pride of Maharashtra, we become goondas.”
MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s open letter is to be published on Saturday in The Maharashtra Times.
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There has been a sentiment in Mumbai that the Marathi culture is under attack. Less popular leaders among mumbaikars like Lalu Yadav and Amar Singh have been making frequent visits to Mumbai and other places in Maharashtra for celebrating UP fest.