‘Will Beat You…’: Nishikant Dubey Dares Raj Thackeray To Go to UP, Bihar Amid Marathi Row

Final Up to date:July 07, 2025, 18:38 IST

Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi hit out at Dubey and requested who made him the choice maker of what different occasion leaders ought to be doing

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday dared Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray to go to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh amid a row over the Marathi language and mentioned he can be crushed up if he travels to the 2 states of the Hindi belt.

Dubey’s remarks got here days after MNS employees assaulted a meals stall proprietor in Thane district’s Bhayandar for not talking Marathi.

“You persons are surviving on our cash. What sort of industries do you’ve gotten?… If you’re brave sufficient and beat those that communicate Hindi, then it is best to beat all those that communicate Urdu, Tamil, and Telugu. If you’re such an enormous ‘boss’, come out of Maharashtra, come to Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu – ‘tumko patak patak ke maarenge’… All of us respect Marathi and the folks of Maharashtra, who fought for India’s independence,” Dubey mentioned.

The BJP member accused Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackery of doing “low-cost politics” over Marathi forward of the BMC election. “If they’ve braveness – they need to go to Mahim and beat any Hindi or Urdu talking folks in entrance of Mahim dargah,” he mentioned.

BJP’s Divide & Rule Coverage: Oppn

Reacting to Dubey’s comment, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Aditya Thackeray mentioned that is a part of the BJP’s recreation of “divide and rule”.

“This isn’t about North Indians, it is a BJP MP, and that is the mentality of BJP, North India just isn’t like this. In Maharashtra, North Indians, South Indians, folks from everywhere in the nation come right here with desires. That is BJP’s recreation of divide and rule. Our battle was in opposition to the federal government, not in opposition to any language; our battle was in opposition to the facility of BJP, which was in opposition to the facility of Hindi, not in opposition to any language, and that is what I wish to say, that Nishikant Dubey just isn’t an emblem of North India, and I wish to say that these individuals who wish to set issues on hearth, in case you don’t take note of their phrases, their politics gained’t work,” he mentioned.

Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi hit out at Dubey and requested who made him the choice maker of what different occasion leaders ought to be doing.

She additionally requested if Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis agreed with their occasion MP’s language with regard to the folks of Maharashtra and his disparaging feedback about hard-working folks of the state.

“Who made him the gatekeeper of Hindi? Who made him the tax keeper of India? Who made him the spokesperson of industrialists? Who made him the choice maker of what different occasion leaders ought to be doing?” she requested in a submit on X.

Taking cognisance of incidents of violence over Marathi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday mentioned whereas there was nothing incorrect in anticipating folks to talk Marathi within the state, it was unacceptable to resort to violence for its insistence and that one can’t be “obstinate” about it. He additionally warned of authorized motion in opposition to these taking the regulation into their palms over the problem.

For the primary time in twenty years, Uddhav and Raj Thackeray held a joint rally on June 5 to mark their “success” in getting the Devendra Fadnavis dispensation to withdraw two authorities resolutions (GRs) on the three-language coverage underneath NEP 2020 and educating of Hindi from Class 1 in English and Marathi medium faculties.

On the occasion, Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, leaders of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, respectively, had vowed to oppose all makes an attempt by the federal government to “impose” Hindi and “sideline” Marathi within the state.

(with inputs from ANI, PTI)

Saurabh Verma

Saurabh Verma covers basic, nationwide and worldwide day-to-day information for News18.com as a Senior Sub-editor. He keenly observes politics. You’ll be able to comply with him on Twitter –twitter.com/saurabhkverma19

Saurabh Verma covers basic, nationwide and worldwide day-to-day information for News18.com as a Senior Sub-editor. He keenly observes politics. You’ll be able to comply with him on Twitter –twitter.com/saurabhkverma19

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