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Tirade Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief Raj Thakeray’a tirade against north Indians has met a wide spread criticism from all over India. He had broken from his Uncle Bal Thackeray’s Shiv Sena and had formed his own party in March, 2006. Since then he had initiated many campaigns against the none-Mahrashrians. His party had forced thousands of north Indians to flee from Mumbai last year. Their main target were mainly the laborers from the north Indian states of Bihar and Utter Pradesh. In most case his party workers assaulted the north-Indians physically. Later on Students and job-seekers were also targeted. But his party shot into fame when they targeted the Bollywood super-star Amitabh Bachchan.

Shopkeepers All his moves are being seen as politically motivated. He wants to impress the local people by exploiting their anti-north Indian emotions. But his moves have made him a notorious person. He wants to establish his party as a major political power in the state but his moves have even angered the local people. Even local people have lost interest in his party as his workers force the local people to follow his party moves. One such move was his campaign regarding the shops’ sign boards. He had asked the shopkeepers to write in Marathi language the sigh boards and had set a time limit. He warned of a strict action against those shopkeepers who would go against his party’s move. But some trade organizations’ opposition has forced him to back tract from his aggressive politics. They have launched signature campaigns against MNS move.

Part Of India Mumbai is a part of India and every Indian has the right to go, stay and work there. Though constitutionally it is necessary for the shopkeepers to use Marathi written sign boards but they can not be forced to do that. As most of the population of Mumbai does not know Marathi it will result into a big loss for the business of shopkeepers. Thus, Raj Thackeray’s move is against his own people, state and country.

Unity It is the pity with India that many political parties have emerged that have been formed on the basis of religion, caste, language or state. Though leaders use religion, caste etc as to maximize their public support but they indirectly also increase the rifts between communities. Many National Level political parties have successfully used religion and caste to gain political power. On the other hand some regional political powers also play important roles in the alliance governments. These regional parties are usually motivated by their regional interests and lack nationalistic vision. They, most of the time play divisive politics that are a big threat for the unity of the nation.