Language issue has flavour of communism to it.
It's not about the language but it's about how they are viewing Maharashtrian.
Conflict started with compulsory imposition of Hindi as a third language. Coupled with the election of BJP state secretary which was Maharashtrian.it has been Maharashtrian for long time which was not in the case when it was congress.Power center becomes center of conflict in many cases
One of the main point is that earlier support of mns has only been the people who wanted to be political star overnight and who would have liked to intimidate people but over the period of time middle class and upper middle class is also resonating with his view because it matching with their lived experience. Because they are seeing that people who are non natives are also bringing there sensetives with them such as muslim hate, vegetarianism etc. i will mentioned the issues.
- in every movie, Maharashtrian is only maid or the side inspector who jokes with the diligent officer from north.( Said by Maharastrian actor)
- Maharashtrian attair is down market but chaniya choli during the dandiya is considered fashionable ( said by Raj Thackeray)
Also they think they are only runing show around here.
Marathi art & culture:
Have you heard about ashadhi ekadashi which celebrated just now.
Marathi is finding its place in the pop culture with new and upcoming artist.
Quality of content in Marathi is far superior than other languages be it music or drama.
Business :-
Maharashtra cooperative sector which is handled by Maharastrian has been performing well from the independece.
Consumption is here good is Maharashtra there are 12 crores people here. Around 12-15% are non Maharashtrian. GST is consumption based tax. We have to get figure about who consumes more
I wish they could share the share the data what percentage income tax is paid by Maharastrian.
I have heard from one of the analyst that business community that we are talking about are only doing retail and whole trade. Maharashtrian people have also started to venture into that field.
Yesterday I came across post that certain community is hoarding shop at main places in the market if one opens medical shops, distributor creates hurdle is supply of the same.
That why it's resonating with the lived experiences.
Language issue has some part of communism to it.
Posted Jul 8, 2025, 4:45 PM UTC