Re: Can India stay united as a nation if Hindi people are asked to leave Maharashtra?
yes. If this was a real problem, all that needs to happen to solve this is for Amithab Bachan to go on tv and make a small speech.
Raj and Uddhav Thackeray are jousting for power and influence from their Maratha base (the poor sections) to take over the mantle from Bal Thackeray of Shiv Sena who is getting old.
So if not this, these guys will pick up someother issue to rattle.
Maharashtrians do not support these parties. There would hardly be any Marathi speaker who dream of separation. But Marathi speakers are concerned about Hindi domination. Most Marathi speakers speak fluent Hindi.