Mumbai, February 04: Even as Shiv Sena has gone on the offensive on its ‘Mumbai only for Maharashtrians’ agenda, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, too, has started to reignite his party’s Marathi manoos plank.
“Where was Rahul Gandhi when Mumbai was attacked? Who are these babus from Delhi to come and lecture us in Mumbai? Maharashtrians participated in Operation Bluestar. But do we go about claiming Maharashtrians saved Punjab. Indians are being attacked in Australia. When will Rahul speak for them?” asked Raj while addressing a rally on Wednesday.
Raj claimed that since states in India were created on linguistic basis so the son of the soil should get preference in his or her state.
“States in Independent India were organised on the basis of language. So logically,
The MNS chief also exhorted the migrants living in Maharashtra to learn Marathi by giving the example of 26/11 attacker Ajmal Amir Kasab.
“A terrorist comes from outside and learns Marathi. But these people coming from other states to work here don’t feel like learning Marathi,” he said.
Raj also targeted Reliance Industries Chairperson Mukesh Ambani, who had said that Mumbai belonged to all Indians.
“Mukesh Ambani lives in Mumbai, but invests in Gujarat. Isn’t he being loyal to his home state, a true Gujarati? Have I said something wrong?” he added.
——-Agencies