The MNS seems to have taken upon itself the task of cleansing Maharashtra of people of all different states, and ensuring that Maharashtrians get more jobs within the state. Having the chutzpah to openly make statements daring the state government to arrest him if they had the guts to, Raj Thackeray has effectively asked for it. Not that he wouldn’t be arrested if he weren’t so belligerent, in any case.
I am sure the activists of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike and the Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha are watching closely as to what will happen in the Maharashtra govt. v/s MNS situation in order to try and do something similar to protest the influx of people of all the other states who have made Bangalore their home.
Raj Thackeray should attack Bollywood, for most of the people in the Hindi film industry are from North India, and if he really wants to set an example, his party should rid the state of all these influential public figures rather than attack poor and helpless taxi drivers, pani puri vendors, railway examination aspirants and other such people who wouldn’t have the guts to fight back in the face of such strong opposition.
The KRV and the KCVP, similarly will go on an all out offensive against the labourers, the small workers and the IT industry employees who they would consider as soft targets incapable of fighting back, should they ever decide to engage in protests after being inspired by the MNS.
While making fun of HTs by labelling them Amit_123 and Neha_123 is quite alright, considering they call everyone south of the Vindhyas as a ‘Madrasi’, it is inappropriate to prevent a free citizen of India from making a living at any place of his/her choosing within any part of the country.
While it is necessary for the natives of a state to be entitled to jobs and benefits in order to make a decent living, it is unfair to target people from other states simply to vent out collective frustration. It is the occurrence of such events that put the brakes on our progress as a nation collectively. Despite the fact that most of us know that these events are being played about as a means of getting political mileage, it is unfortuate that there is nothing much that we can do about it, except shake our heads and hope that we aren’t privy to seeing more of such incidents occur in the future.
