It seems the Sena chief has gone too overboard in his rhetoric. I don't think
people in Assam are the way he has described in here. We dont kill people on
the foolish grounds of language. But yes, the ghosts of some past incidents
definitely refuse to leave us...
http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/sep/09sena.htm
Sena targets King Khan
After MNS Chief Raj Thackeray's attack on Jaya Bachchan over her alleged
anti-Marathi remarks, Shiv Sena has now targeted Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh
Khan [Images] for his Delhi [Images] origin.
"Shah Rukh says he is a Dilliwala. If you are from Delhi, then why have you
come to Maharashtra," Sena Chief Bal Thackeray said in an editorial in party
mouthpiece Saamana on Tuesday.
"You come to Maharashtra to earn fame and wealth but once you have had your
fill, then you will evoke the name of the region from where you came from. And
Marathi people are expected not to utter a word in their own state," the Sena
mouthpiece said.
"If you have a sense of regionalism, then what is wrong if we also indulged in
it a bit," Saamana said. "In southern states, the anti-Hindi campaign has been
on for the last sixty years. There is a ban on Hindi films and Hindi news in
Tamil Nadu. In Assam, those speaking in Hindi are killed," it said. "Why don't
the people who boast here that they are from UP or Bihar go to these areas and
unfurl the Hindi banner," the editorial said.
"Amitabh Bachchan [Images] does not belong to a region or language. When it
comes to his art, walls of regionalism and language crumble down. He is such a
great actor," Saamana said. "However, when his wife proclaims that 'we are from
Uttar Pradesh' [Images], how does one fathom that," it asked.
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