Migration is fine, but MASS-MIGRATION is not. It is a form of aggression, especially so when these migrants do not assimilate, but maintain their identity to form a vote-bank and ultimately aim to usurp political power from locals. That's what is happening in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra has witnessed waves of migrants from different communities and states over the years, none of which have formed a distinct and separate political vote-bank as the UP/Biharis have done. Please note visible signs of these like the rise of Kripashankar Singh and Sanjay Nirupam as high-ranking Congress leaders who clearly represent and espouse the causes of UP/Bihari vote bank, recent attempts to separate Mumbai out of Maharashtra in the name of development and funds disbursement, moves to make Hindi as an official language in the Municipal Corporation, politicisation of Chatt puja, regular visits of UP/Bihari regional political leaders (Amar, Lalu, Maya) to address political rallies attended by lakhs in Maharashtra, negligible representation of locals in local jobs in an all-India resource like Indian Railways, political moves to repeatedly extend slum-rehabilitation deadlines to mainly benefit recent migrants (mostly UP/Biharis), contract labor system which directly source labor from UP/Bihar at below-minimum wages, etc. all to the detriment of the local population.
Re: Locals denied self-rule because of MASS-MIGRATION
by Vijay T on Mar 07, 2010 08:32 PM
Wondering why there is no migration of Marathis from rural Maharashtra into Mumbai. Is it becoz there is no need to migrate? Probably rural ppl are well off compared to their counterparts in UP/Bihar. Also wondering why there is no migration to Lucknow or Patna; the UP/Bihar politicians shld be ashamed of themselves for letting their ppl down every single time and forcing them to migrate to other states.
Re: Re: Locals denied self-rule because of MASS-MIGRATION
by vishal tripathi on Mar 07, 2010 09:17 PM
hahaha.... kay boltos raja.. koli ani aagri sodun Mumbaiche sagde marathi baherunach aalet !!! i wish our marathi rural ppl were well off than UP/Bihar but alas farmers in Vidarbha keep commiting suicides at a rate faster than this Biharis reproduce!!! and dont wonder as there is enough migration to Lucknow /Patna and also Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi Bangaluru, etc
Re: Locals denied self-rule because of MASS-MIGRATION
by SHAN BAID on Mar 07, 2010 11:06 PM
The concerns expressed about political dominance of certain leaders is matter of parochial thoughts which needs to be widened.Delhi real cosmopolitan state representing mostly people from UP/Bihar. No one thinks there about the origin of the leaders,the bureaucrats or other people. the moot question is why a person from far off who has to feed his family away in bihar /up is able to defeat in competition to a local person who has the edge of language and expenditure over these so called migrants.as far as contention of negligible rep in services,it is here that SS and MNS can play role to make them competent enough. the marathis though hard working are not able to compete in national level exams,possibly due to inferiority complex generated by SS/MNS.As per my experience,marathis r least discriminated all over India and Biharis most.But Biharis have developed a sense of struggle to counter this discri=mination.See how they come in fairly large numbers to delhi and prepare for CS /PCS under heat and dust.
You cant just come & squat on footpaths, open grounds, sides of rail-tracks or pipelines (yes! 75K ppl have built slums on Mumbai pipelines. Imagine...) Kangress.. Stop legalizing such illegal slums for votes
Finally Bhumiputras have a natural precedence over non-merit jobs like taxi/rickshaw, peons, clerks etc, anywhere in the country. Else, you will force this strata of less-educated or poorer section of society to migrate from their home. If & only if there arent enough locals easily available for such class-3/4 jobs should they go to migrants.
Finally: Mumbai belongs to Maharashtra ; Maharashtra belongs to India Hence Mumbai belongs to India
Same for Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad etc
SIMPLE. Hindi Channels should be sued to bankruptcy for systematically misquoting Thackerays
Re: Listen to the message... do not shoot the messenger
by SHAN BAID on Mar 07, 2010 11:08 PM
Thakres should speak in language of human beings to get understood properly
People raising concerns ''Mumbai belongs only to people from Maharashtra or Marathi Manoos'' are no different than Naxalites, Taliban or LTTE. India is democratic country that gives rights to people to express their views freely but still speaking against National issues is Terrorism. Each and every one among us has 3 identities- National, Regional and Religious identity. The Former is main identity and later are sub identities. The states, cities and constituencies are not formed to divide people but to facilitate management of resources and funds. We the citizens of India have been granted fundamental rights and duties by constitution of India and it says we are free to live anywhere in India irrespective of our place of birth or religion. When we travel overseas, don’t we call ourselves only Indians and not Mumbai Indians or xyz Indians? The reason is that we prefer being called as Indians. Mumbai is a place in India but India is a nation. We stay in a Place but we belong to a nation. People from all Indian states do not need state passport but Indian Passport to travel and get identified by other nations. India is known for unity in diversity and we all feel proud of our rich culture and heritage. We all give respect to our religion, place and customs but we also need to learn to give respect to others. This will help us to spend our time for addressing bigger concerns of Illiteracy, Poverty and Unemployment instead of fighting about trivial issues.
