BJP raking up 'outsider' card with eye on U.P. Assembly, Mumbai civic polls, says Sanjay Raut
The Hindu
Those playing the 'outsider' politics in Maharashtra should learn a lesson from the West Bengal Assembly election results, the Shiv Sena MP said
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday hit out at the BJP for opposing Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's directive to state police to keep a record of migrants coming here from other states, claiming the BJP was raking up the 'outsider' card with an eye on the Uttar Pradesh Assembly and Mumbai civic elections due next year.
Mr. Raut in his weekly column 'Rokhthok' in the Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' said Mr. Thackeray (during a law and order review meeting with top police officials on September 13) did not name any particular State while referring to migrants, "but the BJP declared that the CM meant North Indians".
"This is nothing but an attempt to create divisiveness, and cases should be filed against such people," said the Rajya Sabha member, who is the executive editor of 'Saamana'.