Anna Hazare on Marathi-nonMarathi issue

Hazare backs Raj Thackeray's tirade against Non-Marathis

Sun, Jan 18 04:22 PM
Varanasi, Jan 18 (IANS) Veteran social activist Anna Hazare backs Maharashtra Navnirmaan Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's campaign against non-Marathi 'Dadagiri' (dominance) in Maharashtra, but opposes the violent means being used to achieve the purpose.

The 71-year-old social activist expressed support for MNS's programme, while talking to journalists Saturday night after addressing students of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on 'Gram Swaraj and Experience in Ralegan', his native village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra which he transformed into a model village through persistent efforts.

'Some ideas of Raj Thackeray were correct, but damaging public and national property was not right,' Hazare said.

When asked which ideas of the MNS chief were correct, Hazare noted people from many states live in Maharashtra, but 'outsiders trying to prove their dominance in the state was not at all acceptable'.

In a reference to North India-based political parties like Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal trying to show their strength in Maharashtra by holding rallies and other programmes in the state, he said such activities were not acceptable. more

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 Frontline  vol 23 issue 6,  Mar. 25 - Apr. 07, 2006 

A different Sena

LYLA BAVADAM
in Mumbai

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena seeks to project itself as a political force suited to the new era.

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Raj Thackeray at the launch of the party, in Mumbai.
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