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Raj Thackeray kicks up row with 'Bihari
rapists' statement
Sunday January 06, 2013 07:51:29 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray kicked up a storm once
again when he said that the perpetrators of the recent Delhi
gang-rape were from Bihar.
Speaking at the Global Konkan Festival in Mumbai Saturday evening,
he said the gang-rape of the 23-year-old woman was sad and nobody
should ever face such a situation.
"However, nobody is willing to go to the root of the matter and
reveal who committed the heinous crime. They were all from Bihar,"
Thackeray said.
The MNS chief said that whenever he raised the issue of Bihari
criminals, he was abused, but now even Delhi Chief Minister Sheila
Dikshit has commented on the matter.
"She (Dikshit) said in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi that migrants in Delhi
were responsible for the spate of criminal activities," Thackeray
said.
Taking umbrage at Thackeray's remarks, Bihar BJP leader and Animal
Husbandry Minister Giriraj Singh said the MNS leader has lost his
"mental balance" and sought a ban on his party.
Former union minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav also
criticised Thackeray's statements, saying that the MNS chief "has
a habit of speaking in this manner".
Janata Dal-United leader Ali Anwar said Thackeray's statement was
appalling and "he has gone mad". He challenged Thackeray to make
such statements outside Mumbai or Maharashtra and then watch the
consequences.
Congress spokesperson Rashid Dali condemned the statement in New
Delhi saying that it was "unfortunate and served to weaken the
country and its democracy".
In Maharashtra, the Congress hit back by terming Thackeray's
statements as "irresponsible and deplorable".
State Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant said there have been
several instances when MNS workers and leaders have been involved
in criminal activities.
"Last month, an MNS leader was arrested by Vikhroli police for
raping a minor girl. Three years ago a minor housemaid was
gang-raped by four MNS workers. An MNS leader was arrested for the
rape of a girl in Amravati in April 2011. Thackeray is bereft of
issues and is resorting to such statements to divert attention
from his partymen's actions," Sawant said in a strongly worded
statement Sunday evening.
In the past, Thackeray had said that migrants and Biharis were
responsible for the growing criminal activities in Mumbai and
other parts of the state.
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