Re: Support for Raj Thackeray

 
 
Let me actually defend Raj Thackeray for a change. I know the right to abode is a fundamental right of every Indian and to that extent every Indian is free to move and live where s/he wants. But what most people have done is trivialised Raj Thackeray and ignored the issue that he highlights.
 
The right to abode does not mean the right to squat on any government or private land. It is the rampant criminal-politico occupation of lands previously meant for open spaces under town planning schemes that is the crime. This issue is completely ignored. So what we have For example is goondas like Abhiram Singh and Kripa Shanker Singh - both in Mumbai North West area - annexing land and making huge profits.
 
Secondly, since these squatters tend to vote en masse, they change the demographic politics of the city and that is the worry of Raj Thackeray.
 
Thirdly, if only the so called protectors of the squatters viz Lalu, Mulayam et al had introduced development in their states, such huge numbers would not be forced to migrate. This issue is being sidelined too.
 
I find it strange defending Raj Thackeray, but the following email demonstrates an unwillingness on the part of some people to discuss the relevant issues involved in Mr. Thackeray's protests. It appears convenient to lampoon Mr. Thackeray while not penalising and punishing those politicians responsible for the failed states of UP and Bihar - instead the irony is that Mulayam and Lalu seem to pose as heroes.
 
A worser irony of course is that the hapless migrant (a la Do Bigha Zameen) finds himself between a rock and a hard place. My heart goes out to these poor immigrants. Alas!!!


Girish Menon

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> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:52:55 +0530
> From: R.Singh@airindia.in
> To: mgirish7@hotmail.com
> Subject: Fwd: Support for Raj Thackeray
>
>
>
> This is a wonderful mail circulating in favour of RAJ Thackeray have a
> look. We all should support Raj Thackeray and take his initiative ahead
> by doing more...
>
> 1.We should teach our kids that if he is second in Class, don't study
> harder..
> just beat up the student coming first and throw him out of the
> school
> 2. Parliament should have only Delhiites as it is located in Delhi
> 3. Prime-minister, President and all other leaders should only be from
> Delhi
> 4. No Hindi movie should be made in Bombay/Mumbai. Only Marathi.
> 5. At every state border, buses, trains, flights should be stopped and
> staff changed to local men
> 6. All Maharashtrians working abroad or in other states should be sent
> back as they are SNATCHING
> employment from Locals
> 7. Lord Shiva- Rama-Ganesha, Mother Parvati-Sta, Saraswati, Durga, Kali
> .....should not be worshiped
> in our (Maharashtra) state as they belong to north (Himalayas)
> 8. Visits to Taj Mahal, Benares..... should be restricted to people
> from UP only, Gaya to Biharis etc.
> 9. Relief for farmers in Maharashtra should not come from centre
> because that is the money collected
> as Tax from whole of India, so why should it be given to someone in
> Maharashtra when such divisive
> mentality exists?
> 10. Let's support Kashmiri militants because they are right to killing
> and injuring innocent Hindu people
> for benefit of their state and community......
> 11. Let's throw all MNCs out of Maharashtra, why should they earn from
> us?
> We will open our own Maharashtra Microsoft, MH Pepsi and MH
> Marutis of the world.
> 12. Let's stop using cell phones, emails, TV, foreign Movies and
> dramas. James Bond and others
> should speak Marathi
> 13. We should be ready to die hungry or buy food at 10 times higher
> price but should not accept
> imports from other states
> 14. We should not allow any industry to be setup in Maharashtra because
> almost all machinery
> and most of the raw material and inputs comes from outside
> 15. We should STOP using local trains...Trains are not manufactured by
> Marathi manoos
> and Railway Minister is a Bihari. Nor most of the Petrol or its
> derivatives, so everyone
> should walk. Even cycles are amde in Punjab and Haryana
> largely....
> 16. Ensure that all our children are born, grow, live and die without
> ever stepping out of Maharashtra,
> then they will become true Marathi manoos
> 17. Mumbai must be returned to Gujarat, and so also Maharashtra, as it
> belonged to them before.
> 18. Maybe Mumbai where more than 60% of the population is non-Marathi,
> and certianly most of
> the investment and brains were from British, Anglo-Indians and
> Parsis, then South Indians and
> then only Marathi and North Indians should therefore be declared
> UNION TERRITORY.
> 19. Victoria Jubilee became Veermata Jeejabai, and Victoria Terminus
> became Chhatrapati Shivaji...
> Bombay Municipal became BrihanMumbai ....and so on...
> This kind of short cut of renaming, instead of building
> institutions must be adopted by all states...
> It wont be long by the time alls tates will look and feel like we
> imagine Bihar has become....
>
> This mail should somehow reach Raj Thackarey so forward it to as many
> people as possible.
> This mail needs to be read by all Indians. So please help in this
> cause. Keep Forwarding.
>
> JAI MAHARASHTRA! JAI MUMBAI !
>
> Just for information.....
> Most Indian religions originated from monks or kings residing along the
> banks of Ganges, and Bihar...
> The famed Nalanda Univ. Taxila, Bodh Gaya, Gaya etc. are in Bihar...
> Iron ore, Coal deposits, Forest produce
> Minerals, were in Bihar. Besides Sita from Janakpur, Sikh Guru Gobind
> Singh is from Patna, as is modern
> singer Daler Mehdi.... Just give Biharis a chance and they do wonders
> by their hard work, and
> unassuming manners....
>
> Upto 1950s Bihar was adjudged the best administered state of India,
> (and also the most
> endowed in minerals, which was used for development of the country).
> The first President of India
> was a Bihari, as were Chanakya and many other scholars of ancient
> India, when all others were mere
> illierate or poor peasants and jungle folk....
>
> Highest number of Doctors in US are from Bihar today.... So are many
> other professionals overseas.
>
> Tata's foundation city is Jamshedpur in erstwhile Bihar.....
>
> Bihari labour brought in Green revolution and prosperity in Punjab.
> The same labour is now running tea gardens in Assam and Far East,
> and risky road and other construction work in J&K where none others
> dare to venture, and get killed.
>
> They pay a price fro being quiet hard-working, silent and docile.....
> as they are doing in Mumbai under the new RAJ.....
>
> Conclusion: Something is wrong with Independent India, that it
> impoverished a rich and well run
> state like Bihar over the years, while other states prospered.... Are
> we Indians not to blame for
> the ills of our country, including imbalanced growth, and poor
> people...
>
>
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