Friends,
The politicians in our country indulge in what can be best described as "hate politics" and such practices are in the best interests of nobody except those who perpetrate them...
One such example of "hate politics" is the vicious anti-North Indian campaign carried out by Raj Thackeray & his self-servicing, pompously-named MNS party...Mr. Thackeray, on the lines of his illustrous uncle, wants to drive away North Indian immigrants from our fair city, Mumbai...the object of his ire, these immigrants hail from Bihar & UP and are contemptously referred by his party-workers as "bhaiyyas"...
According to His Highness, Mr. Thackeray, these "bhaiyyas" are responsible for snapping up jobs, which were supposed to have gone to the original "sons of the soil"...they are also responsible for the increasing rate of crime in Mumbai, as they come from back-ward & depraved regions...he firmly believes that they should survive in the places where they are born, & if such survival is not possible, they do not have the right to look for greener pastures elsewhere...
Unfortunately, the well educated Thackeray, the self-appointed guardian of the Marathi Manoos does not believe in the constitutional right that every Indian is vested with, the right to seek his livelihood in any part of his country...he is also short-sighted enough to believe that he is protecting the interests of his fellow-Maharashtrians by booting out people of other castes (first the Bhaiyyas, followed by the Madrasis, the Gujjus & others who are encroaching on the sacred land of Maharashtra)...in his view, all non-Maharashtrians living in this state are no more than parasites & he recommends the use of extreme force to remove these leeches...
He has also been extremely vocal in demanding reservations for Maharashtrians in schools, colleges, educational institues, privately owned firms, banks & corporates operating out of Maharashtra...obviously Thackeray Junior 2 (Thackeray Junior 1 is Uddav Thackeray) does not believe in the capability of Maharashtrians to fend for themselves or their competency to stand up & be counted among the cream of the crop...that could be the reason why he is advocating these dubious measures to serve as crutches to prop up a population, which has produced some of the world's greatest freedom fighters, leaders & intellectuals...
It is also a known fact that most, of the north indian immigrants from states such as Uttar Pradesh & Bihar are uneducated, downtrodden people, who frustrated with the lack of opportunities in the places they were born in, attempt to make a better living elsewhere...once they land in their dream city, they take up menial jobs paying no more than a few rupees a day...a few lucky ones are able to eke out a comfortable living in the due course of time...the majority however barely exist on the fringes of society & hardly scrap enough to feed themselves...are these the ones that Raj Thackeray considers a threat??? True some of them do turn to crime or indulge in other unsavory activities, but which basket does not contain a few rotten apples?
The "divide & rule" formula that he is using is borrowed from his uncle, the Senior Thackeray who tried this strategy unsucessfully against South Indians & Gujratis back in the sixties....Originally introduced by the British to pit two different factions (Hindus & Muslims) in our country against each other & safeguard their (the Brit’s) own interests, this tactic is extremely dangerous in the hands of such devious people...
Today we have two different factions of Thackerays vying against each other & claiming to be to the sole representative of Maharashtrians...let us ask to what extent this is true...they live in opulence & extravagance inside virtual fortresses & venture out only when surrounded by their Z+ security cover...they harbour hordes of hooligans ready carry out their nefarious schemes, bash up innocent people, destroy public (& private) property and bring the entire state to a standstill at their whim...Raj Thackeray refused to use an Indian style toilet on the one occasion when he was arrested and its a well known fact that he & his family live by western standards...does this person deserve the honour of claiming to represent the hard-working Marathi man???
To be Continued...
