'If Gujaratis leave Mumbai...' Shiv Sena demands Governor's resignation over insult to Marathis
India Today
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari stoked controversy over his purported statement on Friday that if the Gujaratis and Rajasthanis leave Mumbai and Thane, there won’t be money in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has kicked up a row, saying that if Gujaratis and Rajasthanis are removed from Maharashtra, especially Mumbai and Thane, no money would be left in the state and it would cease to be the financial capital of the country.
Speaking at an event to name a chowk after the late Shantidevi Champalalji Kothari in Mumbai's Andheri on Friday, the governor said, “I keep telling people sometimes that if Gujaratis and Rajasthanis are removed from Maharashtra, especially Mumbai and Thane, no money would be left here. Mumbai, which is known as the financial capital of India, would not be able to remain the same."
Reacting to the development, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday condemned Governor Koshyari's speech and urged Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to at least condemn the statements made by the Governor.
"The Marathi man gets insulted as soon as a BJP-sponsored chief minister is in power. CM Shinde, at least condemn the Governor. This is an insult to Marathi hard-working people," Raut tweeted.
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