Shiv Sena Preaching Non-Violence? Incredible!

But that’s exactly what is happening. Read this extract from a report in The Indian Express,

Shiv Sena on Tuesday asked politicians to show ‘restraint’ in reacting to incidents in Mumbai warning that the move to whip up anti outsider feelings had danger of snowballing into a major issue.

“I will counsel political leaders from all sides to be restrained in their reactions”, Senior Sena member and Former Lok Sabha speaker Manohar Joshi said in Rajya Sabha.

I pinched myself hard…not once, but twice to make sure that I was not dreaming. The party whose very existence hinges on it’s violent nature, is talking about peace, restraint, blah…blah…blah. These retards were the very guys who stoked violence against the migrants in the 1960s. Hypocrites!

So, I would suggest one thing to all the political parties in India: first decide what you stand for and then stick to it, no matter what the consequences. At least this will lend them some credibility. I must appreciate the Communists here, no matter how rusted their ideologies are, they stand by them, to the utter disgust of everyone else (the nuclear deal, for example). Heh.

Wanna Become A Crorepati? Just Slap Raj!

PTI reports,

An outfit led by a Banaras Hindu University professor on Sunday announced a reward of Rs one crore to anyone who slaps Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray in public.

The North Indian-Marathi Unity Front floated by BHU political science professor Kaushal Kishore Mishra has also urged the people to come out in large numbers against the inflammatory statements made by Thackeray against north Indians and the “hooliganism” of MNS activists.

Swell! Indian politics never fails to entertain us. Far more entertaining than Bollywood. What say?

Someone Please Get Raj Thackeray To A Mental Hospital. Quick!

Disclaimer: If at some point in this small post, you find me rambling about stupid things, do forgive me. I am just getting increasingly frustrated by the games our politicians are playing nowadays!

Here is an excerpt from an Indian Express report,

As to resorting to MNS workers indulging in violence and the law and order situation arising out of it, Raj said, “we had to take to the street so that North Indians did not damage the law and order situation permanently. Even Gandhi, Bhagat Singh had to break the law”.

Huh? This goonda called Raj Thackeray is comparing himself to Mahatma Gandhi and Bhagat Singh! Heh. He is growing more mental by the day. Please let us forget about arresting him again. Let’s get him to a mental hospital first.

Ahem…one more thought. This statement by Raj Thackeray is an insult to the nation. Yes, let’s burn his effigy. Yes, let’s stone his house. And then again, let’s declare a bandh. An all-India bandh. Heh. That’s what we do nowadays, isn’t it? The uncivilised people that we are becoming. Ask poor Sania Mirza.

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The Raj Thackeray Fracas Continues

Update (February 13, 2008):

Raj Thackeray, Abu Azmi arrested and are released on bail. No surprise.

And this is so reminiscent of the Partition: Many North Indian migrants flee Nasik

February 12, 2008:

OK, this is getting real serious now. Incidents of violence have broken out in many parts of Maharashtra like Nasik, and also in Pune, where I live. Most of the shops in my locality have been closed and there are police patrolling the streets. Sigh.

And Raj Thackeray hasn’t even been arrested yet. Imagine what’s going to happen when that happens. We have such a weak-kneed State Government. It can’t deal even with a small party like the MNS! Yes, when compared to the Shiv Sena, the MNS is like a pygmy. From the past few days the government is preparing to arrest Raj Thackeray. And it still is. Heh.

Here are a few headlines for today:

Centre sends more force to Maharashtra- What are the local police doing? Sleeping? We are not fighting against the Chinese Army, just a gang of stupid fanatics. Whom is the government fooling? It is just buying time.

Violence in Nasik, 26 MNS workers detained- Only 26?

Raj Thackeray not to seek anticipatory bail: MNS- No one asked him to. Rot in jail, sucker!

Thackeray’s family supports his crusade- No surprise here. If they don’t, Raj Thackeray will probably kick them out of his house! Good decision.

Bihari barbers, carpenters flee Pune fearing MNS attack- Oops! Now where can I get a hair cut?

And finally, some reality check: Migrant labourers much in demand- Is Thackeray listening?

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My previous posts on this issue:

I’ll Continue To Protect Marathi Pride: Raj Thackeray

Mumbai Is More Like A Mini-India

Heh. Now What Mr. Raj Thackeray?

It’s Bigotry At It’s Worst

I’ll Continue To Protect Marathi Pride: Raj Thackeray

Update (February 11, 2008):Raj booked for inciting violence, arrest likely

February 10, 2008:

This is what Raj Thackeray wrote in a special article written by him in the Marathi daily Maharashtra Times,

Even if the whole world opposes my stand, I and my party will continue the struggle to protect Marathi culture, Maharashtrian people and will trample the goondaism of UP and Bihar.

Err…do correct me if I am wrong here. As far as I know Raj Thackeray has never won an election. So who tasked him with protecting Marathi culture? Who is he representing?

Meanwhile, PTI reports,

In a sign that Shiv Sena is worried over its former leader Raj Thackeray ‘hijacking’ its ‘Marathi pride’ plank, Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray has warned that his party will not tolerate workers ‘brought from outside’ for modernisation of Mumbai airport.

“There are going to be one lakh jobs for airport works. If you bring outside workers, then they will be packed off in a parcel and sent back in a cargo plane,” Uddhav said.

Isn’t everything that is happening in clear violation of the Indian Constitution, which grants every Indian citizen the right to go and settle down anywhere in India? Honestly, the debate ends here. The Thackerays and every other rascal who spreads regional and religious intolerance can be put behind bars on the basis of this argument alone.

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Mumbai Is More Like A Mini-India

Don’t you agree? Mumbai is more like a mini-India than it is a part of Maharashtra. In Mumbai, we have people from all parts of India trying to make a living, indirectly contributing towards making it the financial capital of India.

So, here is a thought- Why not make Mumbai a Union Territory and be done with it? Then maniacs like the Thackerays won’t have a chance to hold Mumbai at ransom like they always do. Of course, they will wreak havoc during this process, but we have to face it. This is one of the few practical solutions we have.

One more advantage of this is ‘better administration’. The State Government of Maharashtra concentrates more on Mumbai than other parts of the state. Eventually, this has lead to the underdevelopment of those other parts (remember farmer suicides in Vidharbha?).

So, it’s time we started thinking practically. Making Mumbai a Union Territory will solve most of the problems that are currently being faced by both, Mumbai and Maharashtra.

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India Bruised And Shrunk

Great article by Tarun Vijay. He argues that our politicians are the reducers of an idea called India. A must read. Honest!

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Heh. Now What Mr. Raj Thackeray?

PTI reports,

Around 200 members of Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Wednesday joined Shiv Sena in presence of Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray.

The MNS members, who are fed up with the anti-north Indian stance adopted by Raj, joined the Sena at a function held at Bal Thackeray’s residence Matoshree in suburban Bandra, Sena secretary Vinayak Raut said.

Heh. Didn’t he see this coming? We hardly see such pin-headed politicians as Raj Thackeray.

Now let’s talk about the 200 MNS members who quit. No, don’t be happy. They just joined the Shiv Sena, a ‘veteran’ party in the politics of violence and intolerance. So, it really doesn’t make much of a difference.

And yes, this had to happen- Marathi family ‘attacked’ in Ranchi

For my previous no-holds-barred tirade against Raj Thackeray, you may really like to read this- It’s Bigotry At It’s Worst

Information Source: The Times of India

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It’s Bigotry At It’s Worst

You must have heard of this stupid fracas taking place in Mumbai nowadays. We have the publicity-hungry Raj Thackeray raving against migrant north Indians.

This is what is basically happening:

• He is constantly chanting that Amitabh Bachchan is the face of Uttar Pradesh, not Maharashtra (well he is the face of India and that’s what matters, isn’t it?)
• His party workers (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena-MNS) have stooped so low so as to throw bottles at Big B’s house.
• Several innocent north Indian hawkers and taxi drivers at Dadar were mercilessly beaten up and their wares and vehicles destroyed on Sunday evening.
• The MNS activists are even targeting cinema halls showing Bhojpuri films.
• The windows of several taxis and buses carrying Samajwadi Party workers were smashed just before an SP rally at Shivaji Park.

This is just a small list of the crimes this maniac is committing right in front of everyone. You can see extensive coverage of this fracas on the Times Of India website.

Now, two simple questions crop up in my naive mind: Who the f**k is Raj Thackeray? Who gave him the right to take the law in his hands?

Someone must tell him that Mumbai is the financial capital of India today because of the migrants. Maharashtrians alone could never have done that. That’s the truth.

I myself live in Pune (very close to Mumbai) and let me tell you, none of the Maharashtrians I know support this kind of mindless violence. So who is Thackeray representing?

And yes, Thackeray’s advice is that non-Maharashtrians should shout the slogan Jai Maharashtra. Heck, why not Jai Bharat? We are Indians first, aren’t we?

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