"
Non-resident Marathis living in the United States believe that Raj Thackeray, chief of the Maharashtra Navanirman Sena, is justified in his demand by espousing the cause of the people of Maharashtra, but say that "means" adopted by him is not correct.
"I certainly find empathy towards the anger (of Raj and his supporters), which has been there but the means by which they are showing the anger is not correct," Girish Thakar, president Brihan Maharashtra Mandal, told Ndtv.com.
Brihan Maharashtra Mandal or BMM is the apex organization of thousands of Maharashtrians living in the US. It is one of the powerful Indian American organizations in the US. Thakar asserts that BMM is apolitical and cultural organization.
"That is correct," Thakar said when asked if he believed that Raj was not entirely to be blamed for the present situation in Maharashtra wherein students from other parts of India were beaten up by Raj supporters as they came to Mumbai to appear in examination for vacancies in Indian Railways.
"There is a resentment, to which somebody has to be a spokesperson," he argued expressing his support to the demands and issues raised by Raj in this regard. "If you really say that the means that they have adopted we do not condone it. But the cause -- it's absolutely there," he said.
".
Hooo...We should thank Mr.Girish Thakar,he atleast condemn the means used ...!!
So Kind of you sir...
Now look at the irony here.He is in the US.Hopefully having some job.
If he indeed has a job there,is he not stealing a job oppurtunity that would have gone to a native American..??
How will he feel if tomorrow an American beat him..
Girish Thakar might say he had to seek job outside because there are no jobs for him in Maharastra..that's why he came to US for a job..
So if he thinks only Marathis should have jobs in Maharastra..and if this is his logic,apply the same logic everywhere..
Think of say,Bengalurians...
They can think that jobs in their state ..mostly IT jobs are taken away by
Malayalees,Tamilians,Marathis...etc..
Malayalees,Tamilians can think the same way with respect to their own states..
So in practise this logic doesn't work...It just doesn't WORK...
Atleast we Indians should have the freedom to seek job anywhere in India...
Maharastra,Tamil Nadu,Kerala,UP etc are not countries..
India is ...
India is our Country..
Our pledge is "All Indians are my brothers and sisters..."
So coming back to the point,this guy Girish Thakar supports Raj Thackeray whose partymen beat innocent boys who came for exam and is creating may-hem and terrorising people in one of our great cities ....
Destroyed public property...
Yes,destroyed Indian public's property...
Why did they do so..
They thinks jobs in Maharastra should go to Marathis...
So as mentioned earlier,what about the Marathis having jobs in other Indian states and outside India...
By the same logic Mr Raj and his goons are applying,those Marathis working outside
Maharastra should get brutally assulted ????
Surely for God's sake this should not happen..
This guy is like the "frog in the well" about which our Great Swami Vivekananda referred to.
His whole world is only Marathi..Marathi votes..
Do you think Mr.Raj is seriously concerned about Marathis not getting enough job oppurtunities...??
If anybody thinks it to be true..well..hope that guy "get well soon"...
Marathis living and working outside the Maharastra might be living in fear of a backlash against these draconian antics.
Is Mr.Raj not concerned about those fellow Marathis whose life he is endangering??
Mr Thackeray is not an Indian..
He doesn't believe in Indian Nationalism..
Surely a patriotic Indian won't want to brutally assult fellow Indian Citizens who seeks job for a lively-hood....
If he thinks that Govt job interview news are not advertised in Marathi newspapers,which incidentally is a valid point if true,he should have agitated against the Govt..
Even this seems false,because the railways clarified that advertisements were given in marathi newspapers as well...
Surely we should not beatup innocent fellow countrymen even if there are valid reasons to agitate......
The sad part of all this is..There are people who support him...
People like him are really dangerous for our Country's unity and integrity..
Excuse me....Can't we all unite and fight against our current biggest problem..terrorism..
Also read this(News item from msn.com
(link :-http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1685733) :-
UP M’rashtrians oppose Raj Thackeray
Lucknow: Maharashtrians living here are opposed to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, who was arrested and later granted bail for inciting violence against north Indians.
In Lucknow, which is home to nearly 300 Maharashtrian families, the community members have termed Raj Thackeray's act as "dirty" politics to impress a particular section of society.
"Our constitution cannot accept Thackeray's act against north Indians. In a country like ours, everyone is free to move to any region of the country in search of livelihood," Lucknow Maharashtra Samaj (LMS) president J.V. Vashampayan told IANS.
"It is unfortunate that in a country like ours that offer equality to everyone, people are being targeted for moving out of their native place to work in other regions," he added.
LMS members feel that there were possibilities of a backlash against Maharashtrians living in northern states, if the government does not take steps to counter attacks on north Indians.
Besides Lucknow, Maharashtrians live in large numbers in the Kanpur and Varanasi districts of the state.
No comments:
Post a Comment