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Shivraj Thackeray’: MP CM says don’t need Bihari labourers, backs off after outrage

The BJP’s Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan echoed Raj Thackeray this week, telling a crowd in Satna that he would not allow “Biharis” to usurp jobs in the area.

“Karkhana lagega Satna mein aur naukri karne aayenge Bihar se, ye hum honey nahin denge,” (Factories will be set up in Satna, but people from Bihar will get jobs in them, I won’t allow this) Chouhan told a ‘Garib Utthan’ (Uplift of the Poor) rally on Thursday.

The chief minister said he had asked factories to employ local people. “They will have to train local youths and employ them,” he said.

The statement provoked sharp responses from Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD president Lalu Prasad, following which Chouhan backtracked.

“All I meant was that local people should be given priority over outsiders,” he clarified in Indore on Friday, adding that he had not meant any offence to Biharis.

Bad examples are copied very fast.
We have another imbecile in the making in Shivraj Singh Chauhan.
Has it got anything to do with the name "Shivraj".
Earlier we had a "Shivraj" who had to be sacked as India's Home Minister because of his incompetency.
I would suggest that this "Shivraj" be sacked by the BJP itself.
The BJP cannot afford this divisive policy.
The MNS is a completely localised political party and hence can afford to ruffle the feathers of people of other region.
The BJP is a national party and will be massacred if it starts talking in such local language.
The Assamese and the Marathis can afford to talk in this language because they feel insecure and are incompetent in going outside their states and hence raise the sons of the soil slogan every now and then.Raj Thackeray would never venture out of Maharashtra.
The BJP made the first mistake in not demanding the arrest of Raj Thakeray when he started making those virulent, poisonous statements.It chose to keep quiet in the interest of its alliance with the Shiv Sena.
If it now does not dismiss Shivraj Chauhan it is going to be wiped out as a national party.