MNS chief Raj Thackeray has created a controversy by deleting the tweet. (PTI)
MNS chief Raj Thackeray, in a now-deleted tweet, urged people to vote for “Marathi-speaking candidates of any party”. He later posted another tweet, “urging the Marathi-speaking people of Karnataka to vote for the candidates of the Maharashtra Integration Committee”.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray’s tweet regarding the upcoming Karnataka elections has sparked a controversy in the state.
In his tweet, Thackeray urged people to vote for “Marathi speaking candidates of any party”. However, the tweet was later deleted from his official account. He later posted another tweet, urging “Marathi speaking people of Karnataka to vote for ‘Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti’ and their candidates.”
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Why did Thackeray delete the earlier tweet? Why did he change his stand within hours of his first tweet?
These questions are still unanswered.
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Thackeray’s stand that a Marathi-speaking candidate from any party should speak for the Marathi-speaking people of Karnataka in the state assembly had angered the ‘Maharashtra Integration Committee’. Responding to this, the youth wing of the committee expressed its anger on Twitter.
The tweet from ‘Maharashtra Ekikaran Yuva Samiti’ read: “We will fight for the dream of ‘United Maharashtra’ together with Belgaum. We will also try to make Marathi speaking candidates of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti win. But your tweet shows That you are supporting a state which is trying to destroy Marathi culture.You are an experienced politician and you should understand what is good and what is bad.
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Within hours of his tweet, Thackeray put out a new tweet in support of the Maharashtra Integration Committee.
The tweet said: “Karnataka will vote on May 10. I urge my Marathi brothers and sisters in the border areas to vote unitedly for the Maharashtra Integration Committee candidates.” Candidates of other parties may be Marathi but after getting elected they will not raise your concerns and issues in Vidhan Bhavan against strangulation of Marathi language or injustice being done to Marathi people in border areas…”
Karnataka assembly elections are going to be held on 10 May. I appeal to my Marathi brothers and sisters in the border areas to vote unitedly for the candidates of the Maharashtra Integration Committee. Although the candidates of other parties are Marathi, but when they are elected, the Marathi language…— Raj Thackeray (@RajThackeray) May 8, 2023
“I strongly believe that you should respect the language and culture of the state you belong to. For many generations, the brothers living in the border area have respected the Kannada language and culture here. But still if the government there is going to harass Marathi people, trying to strangle Marathi language, then it will not be tolerated. No matter which party’s government comes there, there is no difference in their behaviour. Therefore, the legislature should have Marathi speaking legislators, who would represent the Marathi identity of the region, who would raise their voice for the issues of the Marathi people.
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