Raj Thackeray Lashes Out At Governor Koshyari; Said, “Don’t Make A Fool Of Marathi Man”

Mumbai, 30th July 2022: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray on Saturday hit out at Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s speech in which he said that if Gujaratis and Rajasthanis are removed from Maharashtra, the state will be left with no money and Mumbai will not be called the financial capital of India.

Sharing a post in Marathi on Twitter, Raj Thackeray said, “If you don’t know about the history of Maharashtra then don’t talk. Governor is a position of prestige and honour so people hesitate to speak against him, but his statements hurt the sentiments of the people of Maharashtra.”

Questioning Koshyari’s statement, he said, “In Maharashtra, people from other states came and are coming to do business here only because the Marathi man cultivated the mind and land here. On the other hand, will they get such an environment anywhere else?”

“Elections are near. In such a situation, no one should spread rumours. Don’t assume that we are innocent for believing this. Don’t fool ‘Marathi Man’. That’s what I have to say now,” he said.

The Governor made this statement on Friday during an event organized to name a chowk in Andheri, Mumbai after the late Shantidevi Champalalji Kothari.

In a video shared by Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, BS Koshyari can be heard saying, “I tell people sometimes that if Gujaratis and Rajasthanis are removed from Maharashtra, especially from Mumbai and Thane, So you won’t have any money left.”

Several leaders including Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi and Congress leader Sachin Sawant have condemned the Governor’s statement.

Raut urged Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to condemn the statements made by the Governor.

Congress’s Sachin Sawant said that the insult to the Marathi people by the Governor of Maharashtra is terrible.