“Raj Thackeray and his occasion, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), should change its stand on non-Marathis and businessmen or else individuals is not going to assist the alliance and companies will migrate,” that is what Mumbai-based businessmen mentioned a few possible tie-up between the MNS and the BJP for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
For the previous few years, the MNS has been in opposition to non-Marathis working in Mumbai and Maharashtra and in addition in opposition to the enterprise neighborhood.
However with Raj Thackeray meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai, there’s a robust buzz that the MNS is about to ally with the BJP.
Sources informed India Right now TV that MNS has demanded two seats however is prone to get the Mumbai South Lok Sabha seat.
Notably, South Mumbai is taken into account to be the enterprise hub of India as many individuals from Gujarat, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and South India have arrange their companies in Mumbai and Maharashtra for a number of a long time. However, the MNS has persistently opposed non-Marathis’ keep within the state.
In a current motion in opposition to non-Marathis, MNS staff on Friday tore down the boards of the outlets of Rajasthani cell merchants in Nashik. Defending its motion, MNS alleged that Rajasthani merchants had been doing injustice to their Marathi counterparts.
However now with the MNS cosying as much as the BJP with a potential pre-poll alliance, India Right now spoke to a number of businessmen from South Mumbai.
Narendra Poddar, president of Bharat Service provider Chambers, Mumbai and a resident of South Mumbai mentioned, “Beneath the management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the NDA is combating elections and so they have at all times supported enterprise. Nonetheless, what the MNS did in Nashik just isn’t good and we take our stand in opposition to their actions.”
“If the MNS is allying with the BJP, the BJP has to ensure that its previous report shouldn’t be repeated. A business-friendly candidate must be given the ticket. South Mumbai is the hub for enterprise in India. Folks from everywhere in the nation and neighborhood come right here and does enterprise. They shouldn’t be harassed,” he added.
One other businessman, Rajiv Singal, mentioned non-Marathis pay taxes and contribute to the nation’s improvement, together with Mumbai’s. He warned that if the MNS didn’t change its stance, individuals will migrate from Mumbai.
“Right now, we will do enterprise in Kashmir after the scrapping of Article 370. We shouldn’t have any issues after the alliance between the MNS and the BJP is completed. If the MNS nonetheless doesn’t change its stand in opposition to non-Marathis, companies will undergo and folks will depart Mumbai and Maharashtra,” Singal mentioned.
Voicing comparable sentiments, Navin Bagidia, one other businessman, mentioned, “The candidate ought to perceive the significance of enterprise in South Mumbai. The occasion shouldn’t oppose outsiders working right here. Non-Marathis or outsiders working listed below are working for the event of the nation and pay taxes as nicely.”
Maharashtra, which has 48 Lok Sabha seats, will vote in 5 phases from April 19, April 26, Could 7, Could 13 and Could 20. Votes will likely be counted on June 4.
