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Patna: Rashtriya Janata
Dal chief Lalu Prasad Sunday said Bal Thackeray, Uddhav Thackeray
and Raj Thackeray were originally Bihari, and that they were
"infiltrators" in Maharashtra.
"Thackeray's family are originally from Bihar and now settled in
Maharashtra. They are infiltrators in Mumbai, they should leave
Maharashtra as soon as possible," Lalu told newspersons here while
reacting sarcastically to Raj Thackeray's remarks over the issue
of Bihari "infiltrators".
Lalu, former chief minister and central minister, said this
country belongs to all and every one is free to visit, stay and
work anywhere within the country, whether Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai
or Bangalore.
"Biharis are contributing to building Maharashtra by working hard.
They are neither harming its interest not creating any trouble,
they have full right to stay there," Lalu said.
Lalu said the Thackerays have always been indulging in a campaign
against North Indians, mostly Biharis. He added that Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar had failed to counter the Thackerays. "Nitish
Kumar is like a parrot of the Thackeray family," Lalu said, taking
a dig at the chief minister.
Lalu recalled that when Nitish Kumar went to Mumbai to address the
Bihar Diwas celebrations in April this year, he hardly spoke about
Bihar, although he praised Maharashtra.
Last week, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh took on the
Thackerays, quoting from a book authored by Raj Thackeray's
grandfather, Prabodhankar Thackeray, to show that the Thackeray
family had its origins in Magadh, Bihar, and later moved to
different cities in search of livelihood, like many modern
migrants.
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