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Sanjay Nirupam: Don't force North Indians to bring city to a standstill
Updated On: 09 October, 2018 07:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
Sanjay Nirupam said North Indians are the metropolis's main workforce, and that the community could bring the city to a standstill if it decides to stop work
Sanjay Nirupam
Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam has landed in yet another controversy by stirring up the issue of regionalism. He said North Indians are the metropolis's main workforce, and that the community could bring the city to a standstill if it decides to stop work. He added that the community had stalled the city in the past and it should not be forced to repeat the act, making an obvious reference to those political parties and their leaders who have often made 'the sons of the soil' policy an election plank, besides the recent attacks on the North Indian workforce in Gujarat.
Nirupam made this statement on Sunday in Nagpur while addressing a conclave of North Indians. The Congress leader, who once represented the party that plays the Marathi card whenever required, said North Indians have always expressed gratitude towards Mumbai and Maharashtra for giving it jobs. "It is the North Indian community that runs the lives of and shoulders the burden of the people of Mumbai," Nirupam said, adding that the members of the community were supplying milk, newspapers and vegetables to the people of the megapolis, besides running autorickshaw and taxi services and securing housing societies and commercial complexes.
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