The circus acquired a brand new star attraction – Raj Thakrey!

The circus acquired a brand new star attraction – Raj Thakrey!

"Sons of soil" - Maharashtrians (marathis and non-marathis)
"marathi manoos" - Marathis (Maharashtrians and non- Maharashtrians)

Do Raj Thakrey oppose only people who belongs to outside Maharashtra as he consider Maharashtrians as "sons of soil" or is he in support of "Marathi manoos". Because there are lots of non- marathis staying in Maharashtras who are born and brought up in the state.Their are many marathis who have not even stepped in Maharashtra throughout their lives. If Raj Thakrey have a soft spot for "Marathi manoos" he should take care of these marathis too. He should go to Indore, Ranchi or Bhumbaneshwar, whereever their are marathis and arrange for their livelihood. Or if he is concerned only about "sons of soil" he should not see whether the man is marathi or not. So next time, during agitation, MNS activists should inspite of asking of whether a man is marathi or non-marathi, should ask for their place of birth.

Their is heavy contradiction in the agenda of Mr. Thakrey. In one of the photographs showing an MNS activist brutally hitting and slapping a north-Indian aspirant of Railway Reservation board exam, the activist seems to be an illiterate and indisciplined youth who might be hitting the local daaru shop daily after sunset. If in the future, local daaru dealers will look for a face for their advertisements, he'll be the first choice for all Ad gurus.
Is Raj Thakrey fighting from north Indians, to get these men get employed. Or the local deserving candidates came at the doorsteps of Raj Thakrey to throw other state candidates out of the state so that they'll get the job?

People from outside Maharashtra like Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Orrisa and MP are in the state and earning their livelihood. The source of earning vary from people to people. They earn through running taxis,autos, through taking care of a society as a watchman, through selling books and magazines at railway stations, through working in shop, through giving services in the IT, BPO company, through entrpreneurship. Now the people attacked by Thakrey are taxi, auto drivers or watchmen.Suppose, these men will return back to their homeland, his men(Maharashtrians) will take their place and will get employed. Why never he attak on the other people working in IT companies and entrepreneurs who are non-Maharashtrians? Do Raj Thakrey believe that Maharashtrians are only good at running autos and taking care of theives and dogs in the night. Or he attack them only because they are easily available.
What do that signify? Is he thirsty of non-Maharashtrians, or is he thirsty of recognition?

There were 75000 applicants for RRB exams which is to be conducted in 80 centers in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai. 11000 candidates turned up for the exam and mostly belongs to non-Maharashtra. An MNS spokesman said that the job advertisement had not been done in the local language newspaper and so locals were not informed about the exam. Do the locals understand only local language? As the RRB exam was for the III and IV categary clerks in railways who have to deal with commuters who can belong to any region.
How will these locals will communicate with these commuters which will be their prime job? They are ineligible in the very first round of the exam. Then why is this fight for?

When Jet Airways sacked 800 employees, Raj Thakrey was fighting for their re-confirmation of the jobs. He was aired by newschannels and covered by newspapers. Sacked employees get their jobs and Raj Thakrey get their's as well as others votes from the aviation sector in the coming election. In those 800 sacked employees, how many were "son of soil" or "marathi manoos"? Mostly were from eastern India and Northern India. Then why Raj Tharey was fighting for them? What is the agenda of MNS party?
Is he concerned about Maharashtrians, is he concerned about Marathis or his eyes are only on VOTES?

Mumbai is a place where no men sleep empty stomach. Even a beggar is fed a wada pav by somebody. Mumbai, the economic and financial hub of India, is a land of aspirations and opportunity and home to many who are unable to earn their bread at their homeland. Else who is desperate to face the painful life with dreadful pollution and difficult commuting, and far from their family.

Pawan Singh, an aspirant of RRB exam, was the son of a poor farmer from Bihar. He was not having money to buy 3rd class railway ticket to commute from Bihar to Mumbai where his exam was centered. He borrowed the railway pass from one of his friend and travelled to Mumbai with full conviction of cracking the exam for which he was preparing for long. On 20th Oct 08, Sunday, when the RRB exam was conducted at Bhayander, he commuted from some station in central to Dadar and boarded a train from Dadar to Andheri from where he was going to travel to Bhayander. Now, what happens in Andheri, is known by God and few men, news sources reveal that while an attempt to enter into the train in Andheri, he was slipped into the tracks and got major injuries on head and leg. He was rushed to the hospital where he was declared dead. His wallet was containing a meagre amount of Rs.190. According to the plan, on the very next day of the exam, he will leave for his home town. In Rs.190 he was going to spend two days and travel from Mumbai to Bihar (On that very night i ordered my dinner worth Rs.120). His family was unable to come all the way to Mumbai to collect his dead body and conduct the last rites(I spent Rs. 13000 to travel from Mumbai to Ranchi to let my parent cure my chicken pox). His Parents sent a note to the hospital authorities to hand the body of their son to one of their relative in Mumbai so that the last rites will be done. In the recend Bihar floods, Pawan's father have lost all his money.

Do natural calamities not enough to wipe out a man!!!

----The Shekhar
1st November 2008