Support Maharashtra Day celebrations: Shiv Sena to Gujarati biz community
Mumbai: Shiv Sena on Thursday asked the Gujarati trade and business community among the 11 crore population of Maharashtra to unite for unfurling the saffron flag of Chahatrapati Shivaji Maharaj atop Mantralaya, the state headquarters.
In an editorial in today's edition of party mouthpiece 'Saamana', on the occasion of Maharashtra's foundation day, Sena said Maharashtra Day comes at a time when the country is in the process of electing a new government.
"Maharashtra has always put the country ahead of itself. Just like the Gujaratis in Maharashtra have rallied behind Narendra Modi, will the Gujaratis in Maharashtra unite with the rest of the state? Will they join the celebration to create a Maharashtra of the dreams of the 105 martyrs who laid down their lives?" the paper asked.
"Today is occasion for all Maharashtrians to pledge that they will work towards unfurling Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's Saffron flag atop Mantralaya," the editorial said.
The editorial went on to say that the Gujarati trade and business community owe their success to Maharashtra and Mumbai but have not contributed their due.
"...they have never participated in the Maharashtra Day celebrations. They created their wealth in Mumbai but built their own "golden Dwarkas". On the strength of their wealth created in Mumbai, the industrialists are now busy planning whom to install in the prime ministerial chair and whom to pull down," it said.
Has the trade and business community done anything to pay their homage to the martyrs of the Samyukta Maharashtra movement? Having always said they have nothing to do with politics, they are now working for a PM of their soil and community, it further said.
The business community has shifted their trade out of Maharashtra. Textile mills have shut down and the mill workers have not got their rightful homes because of which unemployment has grown in the state, the editorial said, adding that despite all the hardships the Marathi speaking people still think of their country first.
