‘Will Drown You In Sea’: Raj Thackeray Dares BJP’s Nishikant Dubey To Visit Mumbai
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Friday hit back at Lok Sabha MP Nishikant Dubey over his “Patak Patak ke Maarenge (We will beat you up mercilessly)” remark, and said he will drown the BJP leader in sea of Mumbai.
“A BJP MP said, ‘Marathi logon ko hum yahan pe patak patak ke maarenge’…You come to Mumbai. Mumbai ke samundar mein dubo dubo ke maarenge,” Thackeray said.
The MNS leader further said that he will not make any compromises over Marathi and the people of Maharashtra. “I will not Those who live in Maharashtra, to them I would like to say ‘learn Marathi as soon as possible, wherever you go, speak Marathi’. In Karnataka, they fight for their language. Even a rickshaw puller knows that the Government is standing behind him over language. Similarly, you be like a pillar and speak in Marathi only. This is what I have come to request all of you,” he added.
The MNS leader further said that he will not make any compromises over Marathi and the people of Maharashtra. “I will not Those who live in Maharashtra, to them I would like to say ‘learn Marathi as soon as possible, wherever you go, speak Marathi’. In Karnataka, they fight for their language. Even a rickshaw puller knows that the Government is standing behind him over language. Similarly, you be like a pillar and speak in Marathi only. This is what I have come to request all of you,” he added.
Later on July 5, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and MNS head Raj Thackeray shared a stage in Mumbai for the cause of the Marathi language, and vowed to oppose the “imposition” of Hindi in Maharashtra after the state government rolled back the GRs on the introduction of Hindi as a third language in primary schools.
On July 8, the MNS and other groups led a protest march in Mira Bhayandar area to defend Marathi ‘asmita’ (pride) and counter the traders’ agitation.
