The Maharashtra government has requested Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
(MNS) chief Mr Raj Thackeray to come up with a list of infiltrators in
the state to be used for administrative purposes. The chief secretary of
Maharashtra, in a recent letter to the MNS chief has referred to Mr Raj
Thackeray as the sole, undisputed representative of Marathi Manoos.
“Being the only person who has been authorised by the people of Maharashtra to stand up for their rights, the government thinks it appropriate to get from you a bona fide list of people who are permitted to live in the state. This would go a long way in identifying infiltrators and help the government in delivering better administration,” reads the letter.
This letter comes in the wake of a statement by Mr Raj Thackeray threatening to brand all people from Bihar in Maharashtra as ‘infiltrators’. Jest Kidding has learnt that Mr Thackeray is working on a complex algorithm to identify infiltrators in the state.
A person close to the MNS chief informed Jest Kidding that Mr Thackeray planned to prepare a comprehensive database relying on several parameters such as religion, date of settling in Maharashtra, among other things. “We would soon be launching an Online facility. Any Indian citizen can visit our website, key in details such as driving licence number/UID number/PAN card number to find out if he/she has the right to visit or live in Maharashtra,” the aide said.
In a rare display of unanimity, politicians belonging to different parties unequivocally condemned the statement by Mr Raj Thackeray. In a rare display of sanity, Mr Digvijay Singh took a dig at Mr Raj Thackeray and said that the latter’s family originally belonged to Bihar and had settled in Dhar in western Madhya Pradesh before migrating to Mumbai. The coherence in Mr Digvijay Singh’s statement shocked many as it is extremely uncharacteristic of the Congress leader to practise lucidity. Political analysts suggested that this is a ‘once in a decade event’. “The last time Digvijay Singh made a sensible statement was in 1998,” an expert who closely follows political developments declared.
It has also been learnt that several politicians from across India have approached Mr Raj Thackeray to tweak the rules to favour their domicile status in Maharashtra in order to safeguard their business interests. For instance, former telecom minister Mr A Raja of 2G fame has urged Mr Thackeray to fix the cutoff date for obtaining domicile status in Maharashtra as 1998. He has requested Mr Thackeray to include a codicil reading ‘any person who visited Maharashtra at least once before 1998 cannot be called an infiltrator’. This, of course, is to favour Mr Raja who visited Maharashtra for the first time in 1997. Apparently, Raja has promised to make Raj happy if his demand is conceded. Raj has promised to consider Raja’s case favourably.
Link: http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=422280&catid=39
“Being the only person who has been authorised by the people of Maharashtra to stand up for their rights, the government thinks it appropriate to get from you a bona fide list of people who are permitted to live in the state. This would go a long way in identifying infiltrators and help the government in delivering better administration,” reads the letter.
This letter comes in the wake of a statement by Mr Raj Thackeray threatening to brand all people from Bihar in Maharashtra as ‘infiltrators’. Jest Kidding has learnt that Mr Thackeray is working on a complex algorithm to identify infiltrators in the state.
A person close to the MNS chief informed Jest Kidding that Mr Thackeray planned to prepare a comprehensive database relying on several parameters such as religion, date of settling in Maharashtra, among other things. “We would soon be launching an Online facility. Any Indian citizen can visit our website, key in details such as driving licence number/UID number/PAN card number to find out if he/she has the right to visit or live in Maharashtra,” the aide said.
In a rare display of unanimity, politicians belonging to different parties unequivocally condemned the statement by Mr Raj Thackeray. In a rare display of sanity, Mr Digvijay Singh took a dig at Mr Raj Thackeray and said that the latter’s family originally belonged to Bihar and had settled in Dhar in western Madhya Pradesh before migrating to Mumbai. The coherence in Mr Digvijay Singh’s statement shocked many as it is extremely uncharacteristic of the Congress leader to practise lucidity. Political analysts suggested that this is a ‘once in a decade event’. “The last time Digvijay Singh made a sensible statement was in 1998,” an expert who closely follows political developments declared.
It has also been learnt that several politicians from across India have approached Mr Raj Thackeray to tweak the rules to favour their domicile status in Maharashtra in order to safeguard their business interests. For instance, former telecom minister Mr A Raja of 2G fame has urged Mr Thackeray to fix the cutoff date for obtaining domicile status in Maharashtra as 1998. He has requested Mr Thackeray to include a codicil reading ‘any person who visited Maharashtra at least once before 1998 cannot be called an infiltrator’. This, of course, is to favour Mr Raja who visited Maharashtra for the first time in 1997. Apparently, Raja has promised to make Raj happy if his demand is conceded. Raj has promised to consider Raja’s case favourably.
Link: http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=422280&catid=39
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