Maharashtra Governor Koshyari Clarifies His Mumbai Remark After The Controversy

The Maharashtra Governor Bhagat SinghKoshyari has clarified his statement on Mumbai being the financial capital after the controversy erupted on the remark.

Mumbai:  Yesterday at the naming ceremony of a chowk in Andheri, the Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari during his speech made a statement that Mumbai is the financial capital because the Gujaratis and Rajasthanis are present in the place, and this erupted a controversy with Congress MPs opposing him and Sanjay Raut condemned the contribution of Maratha’s being unnoticed. Hence, the governor today has given his clarification regarding the controversy in his tweet.

He fired 3 tweets to clear the controversy raged over his remark, “Marathi people built Maharashtra by working hard. That is why many Marathi entrepreneurs are famous today. They are planting the flag of Marathi in a big way not only in Maharashtra but in India and all over the world. Therefore, there is no question of underestimating the contribution of the Marathi people.”

“But as usual my statement was distorted. Marathi people’s hard work has contributed the most in the construction of Maharashtra. Lately the vision of seeing everything through political glasses has developed, we have to change that. Appreciating one community is never an insult to another community.”

“Political parties should not create controversy over it without reason. Marathi people will never be insulted by me at least. In the progress and development of this Marathi land which is made up of various castes and communities, everyone has a contribution and the contribution of Marathi people is more.”

मराठी माणसांनीच कष्ट करून महाराष्ट्राला उभे केले. म्हणूनच आज अनेक मराठी उद्योजक नावाजलेले आहेत. ते केवळ महाराष्ट्रात नाही, तर भारतात आणि जगभरात मोठ्या दिमाखात मराठीचा झेंडा रोवून आहेत. त्यामुळे मराठी माणसाचे योगदान कमी लेखण्याचा कुठे प्रश्नच निर्माण होत नाही.

— Governor of Maharashtra (@maha_governor) July 30, 2022

Yesterday, in his speech the governor mentioned, “If Gujaratis and Rajasthanis are removed from Maharashtra, especially Mumbai and Thane, no money would be left here.Mumbai would not be able to remain the financial capital of the country.”

According to a press release from the Raj Bhavan, Koshyari complimented the Gujarati and Rajasthani populations’ contributions towards making Mumbai the nation’s financial centre.

The governor also claimed ” Wherever members of this community go, they not only do business, but also do acts of philanthropy by creating schools, hospitals.”

Sanjay Raut of Shiv Sena , criticized the Governor’s comments today, saying they were offensive to the hard-working Marathi people. Raut also tweeted in Marathi, “The Marathi man is getting abused soon after the BJP backed Chief Minister came to office.”

Jairam Ramesh and Sachin Sawant, two prominent people of Congress, also tweeted the video and criticized the governor for making the comments.