MUMBAI, 30 JULY, 2022 (GPN): Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said that Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari had ‘insulted the Marathis’ and had ‘crossed every limit’, after the governor’s statement sparked ire and furore in the State.

THE CAUSE FOR THE FURORE?

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari had earlier said that there will be no money left in Mumbai and it will cease to be the financial capital of the country if Gujaratis and Rajasthanis are removed from the city.

Speaking at an event in Mumbai, Koshyari had said, “I tell people here that if Gujaratis and Rajasthanis are removed from Maharashtra, especially Mumbai and Thane, you will have no money and Mumbai will not be a financial capital.”

“I do not want to insult someone sitting on the post of Governor. I respect the chair but Bhagat Singh Koshyari insulted Marathis and there is anger among the people. The governor is trying to divide society on religion, he is crossing every limit,” Uddhav Thackeray said.

Thackeray further added, “The Governor is the messenger of the President, he takes the words of the President throughout the country. But if he makes the same mistake, then who will take action against him? He has insulted the Marathis and their pride.”

“Bhagat Singh Koshyari, as the Governor of Maharashtra, enjoyed everything in Maharashtra in the last 2.5 years. He enjoyed Maharashtrian cuisine. Now the time has come that he should see Kolhapuri chappal,” Thackeray told GPN