'Will come to Mumbai, try cutting my legs': Annamalai fires back at Raj Thackeray; slams ‘rasmalai’ jab

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)leader K Annamalai connected Monday launched a broadside against Raj Thackeray and dared the MNS main to halt him from entering Mumbai. The absorption came a time aft Thackeray mockingly referred to the BJP person arsenic “rasmalai” and questioned his lasting to talk connected issues related to Mumbai.

At a property league successful Chennai, the BJP person alleged that helium has received aggregate threats, with immoderate radical adjacent threatening to chopped disconnected his legs.“Who are Aaditya Thackeray and Raj Thackeray to endanger me? I americium arrogant to beryllium a farmer’s son. They person organised meetings conscionable to maltreatment me. I don’t cognize whether I person go that important,” Annamalai said.“Some person written that they volition chopped my legs if I travel to Mumbai.

I volition travel to Mumbai—try cutting my legs. If I were acrophobic of specified threats, I would person stayed successful my village. If I accidental Kamaraj is 1 of India’s top leaders, does it mean helium is nary longer a Tamil? If I accidental Mumbai is simply a world-class city, does it mean Maharashtrians didn’t physique it? These radical are conscionable ignorant,” erstwhile Tamil Nadu BJP main added.Earlier connected Sunday, Thackeray attacked Annamalai for suggesting that Mumbai is an “international city”.

Thackeray besides referred to his uncle Bal Thackeray's slogan from the 1960s and 1970s — “Hatao lungi, bajao pungi.”“One rasmalai came from Tamil Nadu… what is your transportation to here? Hatao lungi, bajao pungi,” Thackeray said astatine a associated UBT–MNS rally successful Mumbai.Additionally, Thackeray besides said that helium would “kick” radical from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh retired of

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if they “try to enforce Hindi”.“People from UP and Bihar should recognize that Hindi is not your language.

I don’t hatred the language… but if you effort to enforce it, I’ll footwear you. They’re coming from each sides to Maharashtra and snatching distant your share. If onshore and connection are gone, you volition beryllium finished,” Raj Thackeray was quoted arsenic saying by quality bureau ANI.Shiv Sena (UBT) main Uddhav Thackeray and his relative Raj Thackeray besides mounted a associated onslaught connected the rival BJP implicit what they described arsenic “fake Hindutva”, saying their governmental reunion was prompted by an imminent “danger” to Mumbai.Uddhav said helium and Raj Thackeray had acceptable speech their differences successful the involvement of the Marathi manoos, Hindus, and Maharashtra. Appealing to the halfway Marathi ballot bank, Raj said the 2 leaders had travel unneurotic arsenic Mumbai was facing danger.Calling the BMC polls the “last predetermination for the Marathi man”, Thackeray said: “If you miss this accidental today, you volition beryllium finished. Unite for Marathi and Maharashtra.”The State Election Commission successful Maharashtra has announced elections to 29 municipal corporations crossed the state, including the Pune Municipal Corporation, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, and the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation. Polling volition beryllium held connected January 15, with counting scheduled for January 16.