alrite we guys should act sensible rather than being provoked…u kno it pains to c India like this….it truly HURTS……
lets c wat u hav 2 say at this

1. Why rahul had to hijack bus if he had some nasty business with Raj Thakrey
2. If he is from common family how did he get hold of gun
3. If he did not kill even a bird how come he fired bullets indiscriminantly. One of which wounded bus passenger
4. How on earth his act is supported by politicians. Does that mean politicians in bihar support violence and violent acts.
5. What is more shocking is reading the comments on common web sites like sify. He had been already tagged a “martyr”. How is this possible in educated world?
6. Why Raj Thakrey is keeping mum on this? Why our proactive media channels is not qustioning Raj Tahkrey on this?
7. Media is giving the issue so much coverage that instead of buildng minds across states it is creating rift between them. Are we on the brink of civil war?
Media had given similar coverage, ofcourse unnecssary in Aarushi murder case.

@ Shruti:
I agree with you when you talk of spreading literacy and harmony. In my post, I am saying that MNS is using the wrong methods, though many of their demands are genuine, in my opinion. Lalu and other Bihari politicians are raising the stakes and adding oil to fire, especially in Rahul Raj case, where their position is completely unjustified (again, in my opinion and given the current facts of the case) This escalation is not helping anyone.

@ Raman Raj:
Some clarifications: first, I am not a spokesman for Raj Thackeray. And as I said, I do not believe in his methods.

If ‘Rahul Raje’ is shot down outside Maharashtra and he is my relative, I will feel bad about it (as I mentioned in my post), but if the facts of the case are as they say, I cannot blame the police. If you fire 4-5 bullets, hijack a public transport vehicle, try to take 2 lives (the passenger and the conductor) and threaten to kill a public figure, there is a very good chance that you may be shot. it is a very dangerous thing to do, and police (Bihari or Mumbai) are legally correct in firing at a hijacker. As per reports, the police gave him a warning and requested him to surrender. I fail to see on what basis Lalu, Nitish Kumar or anybody can say with certainty that his life could have been easily saved. By the way, it was not an open bus top, it was a closed double decker bus. Of course the police tried to persuade him, as per the reports.

My problem is that it is being shown as if Mumbai police deliberately killed him because he was from Bihar. There is absolutely no data to say this.

Have you heard what issues Raj T has raised? Please understand that. Let me again say that I am NOT a Raj T supporter, but some of the issues raised are genuine issues. (signs in Marathi is a legal requirement in Mumbai and Maharashtra,railway exam papers being printed in Marathi seems a legitimate demand, the improbably low number of people from other states-including Maharashtra- in recent railway recruitment seems suspicious, politicians from UP and Bihar trying to set up a vote-bank in Maharashtra etc.)

And as for your invaluable advice asking Marathi people to grow up and work hard, if you just look at the industrial development figures, human development figures, cultural, sports or any other achievement, you will see that Maharashtra is leagues ahead of UP and Bihar. If you realize, it cannot happen without hard work and dedication and welcoming outside talent with open arms.

And just what do you mean by “be prepared to compete or be prepared to be eliminated one way or the other”? I have no reason to deal with your biases about Maharashtrians (such as their unwillingness to work hard and their low maturity levels), that is absolutely your problem. But if you threaten elimination, one way or the other, you are saying violence is OK. If that is so, why should Marathi youth not get violent?

What is there to be heard from Mr. Raj T? What issues he has? He says people from UP / Bihar come to Mumbai, drive taxi or have milk-shed or do other business and do chhath pooja. Who will decide what pooja I should do? Who have stopped the locals from doing those businesses themselves? Given a chance will they do that? Mr. Raj T started distribution of milk… how far that project has gone? What percent of market they have covered? Its not easy, it requires hard-work. Who ever is a migrant is a hard-worker, and this is a fact, all over the world.

I hope you believe in Indian constitution and India being one country, (unlike people of Thakre clan). I hope you know that Indian railways serve this whole country and its staff can not be changed at each state border. When there is an common exam, how do you think that these “backward” people succeed over these Intelligent Intellectual marathi manoos? Can’t mr. raj thakre arrange for proper coaching and learning center so that marathi chaps should also be able to compete? Reservation of any kind has never helped, neither the individual nor the country. So I would rather ask the marathis to grow-up… be prepared to compete or be prepared to be eliminated one way or the other.