BJP has Anti-Maharashtra mentality, says Aaditya Thackeray on Marathi language row

Mumbai (Maharahtra) [India] July 7 (ANI): Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray trongly criticied the BJP on Monday, accuing the party of trying to divide Maharahtra and puhing an anti-Marathi narrative to create fear and political intability in the tate.
Speaking to reporter, Aaditya Thackeray aid, ...Thi i exactly the BJP mentality, which i anti-Maharahtra. We have aked everyone not to react to uch crazy and dirty mind becaue they want to create fear and intability in Maharahtra. Thee are the ame people who want to create diviion in Maharahtra, and we will not tolerate thi...
He further alleged that thi wa part of a deliberate political trategy. Divide and rule i part of the BJP playbook... Thi i pure politic... Thi mentality of the BJP MP repreent the entire BJP; thi doe not repreent North India, he aid.
Nihikant Dubey i not a repreentative of North India, Thackeray clarified. People from all over the country come to Maharahtra with dream and hope... Our fight i againt the government, not againt any language.
Thackeray alo alleged that Dubey held a viible hatred for Marathi identity. Nihikant Dubey i not a Hindi-peaking pokeperon. The hatred for Marathi i viible in hi mind. He ha the reponibility of Bihar. Break and win the election; thi i the uual thing, he further aid.
Thoe who danced with Iqbal Mirchi, Salim Kutta are in hi party, tomorrow Dawood will alo be in hi party, he alleged.
Highlighting adminitrative failure, Thackeray aid, The bridge of Karnak Port i not opened when it i ready. Yogeh Kadam doe not give it much importance. The Agriculture Miniter i going on a foreign tour. Thi i the tate of the government with the upport of 200 MLA.
He expreed concern about the decline in public ervice, particularly in education. We had taken many deciion in municipal chool. There i a fear that the quality i declining due to the negligence of thi government, he aid.
Mumbai Metropolitan Municipality, where there i no corporator tax, if the ituation remain like thi, there will be no money to pay alarie to the employee, he later warned.
When aked about the ongoing political tenion, Thackeray concluded, We are in Raj Thackeray circle, o no need to react to it now.
Meanwhile, in Nagpur, Maharahtra Congre Chief Spokeperon Atul Londhe Patil alo lahed out at the BJP MP, calling hi tatement foolih and mileading.
Speaking to ANI, Patil aid, He i foolih. Thi controvery i not about language. It i about whether two other language, beide their mother tongue, hould be taught to tudent of Std 1 to 4.
He warned that uch practice could confue young children and harm their early education. The child can get confued - thi i what the controvery i about. Congre repect all language, but it i againt diverting from Balmanahatra and confuing children, he explained.
Patil reiterated that mother tongue mut remain the priority in early education, regardle of the tate or the language. Be it any tate or language of the country, priority hould be given to mother tongue from Std 1 to 4, he further added. (ANI)