whatever the issue all is politics and if this is politics i think Raj got success in his strategy.. The media, matured politics and we have given unwanted attention which worked out in his favour.
My experience in Mumbai, though brief on each occasion, (four times max two - three days each) was such that I keep praising mumbaikars most of the time. I just can't believe what is happening has sanction of majority of Mumbaikars, including marathi manoos. Their character show in times of adversity, such as bomb blast, mumbai flood etc. Yes it is earthly city full of crime and gory but ordinary people are as much loving as other Indians and of helping disposition.
This is the paradox of democracy that vociferous few always try to dictate terms to silent majority and sometimes succeed in creating a space where none existed.Raj thakre is in media limelight for all the wrong reasons. I still remember when Udhav was anointed success to Bala Saheb Thakre and Raj was expelled. All he is trying is to create a space in mumbai where siv sainik are dominant local force.Cost is too high for the nation, Maharashtra and Mumbai as well as for others especially Bihari and UP Bhaiyyas and so called illegal and shameless migrant who are running away from their own land instead of staying put and fighting adverse condition and rectifying the system.This had happened once to Tamils in mumbai and now see TN is better off than Maharashtra.Businesses are not going to like such strife torn and vulnerable city and can easily shift elsewhere.
Indians from other parts are also going to other countries and treated no better sometimes. But that is the cost our country has to pay for underdevelopment with developed sense of aspirations.
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