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Violence hits Maharashtra as Raj
is arrested
WSN Network
MUMBAI:
It is easy to
blast Raj Thackeray’s outbursts and the violence against innocent
Biharis in
Maharashtra,
just as Raj is turning the debate into simplistic regional
chauvinism terms and demanding that jobs in Maharashtra should go to
Maharasthra people. The calls to Marathi pride may cut ice
emotionally but the events of the last few weeks have shown that any
skewed progress models will open up conflict zones.
After Raj’s
goonda brigade attacked job-seekers from Bihar who were waiting at
the platform
for an interview
a few hours away, Lalu Yadav called him a mental case and India’s
soul keepers woke from their deep slumber anddemanded action.
Promptly a court issued the arrest warrants,
his arrest was
followed by violence outside the Bandra court which sent him to
two-week judicial custody.
Reports from
across Mumbai spoke of voluntary bandh at many places. Angry
activists of the MNS came out on the streets after the arrest and
attacked several taxis and autorickshaws. Raj Thackeray was arrested
for Sunday’s brutal attack on north Indian railway exam candidates
by MNS workers.
“Arrest me
and be ready to bear the consequences.... You will have to regret,”
Raj Thackeray, had earlier said hours before cops landed up.
22
October 2008
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