"Feel the Rail minister is pitting Maharashtra against Bihar for personal gain, and making Raj Thackeray a hero in the process"
New Delhi:- There is a disquiet in the top echelons of the Congress and the NCP , the ruling combine in Maharashtra, that Bihar leaders in general and Rail Minister Lalu Prasad in particular, have made the attack on North Indians in Mumbai too much of an 'ego' issue.
Leaders of both parties feel Lalu is overplaying the attacks on Biharis as a political card to rebuild lost ground in his home state.
They are worried that if he keeps harping on the attacks, it will only help make MNS chief Raj Thackeray a hero.
Some Congress ministers, in particular, are alarmed at the attempt to pit Maharashtra against Bihar, as was done at the Union Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
"This is dangerous politics. Lalu is pitting Maharashtra against Bihar for the sake of politics," pointed out a concerned Union Minister from the South.
Some Congress ministers were surprised when Bihar leaders led by Ram Vilas Paswan sought to raise the issue of attack on North Indians at the Cabinet meeting because the issue was not even on the agenda.
Apart from some official business, the Cabinet was to discuss the Assam blasts. But since it had very little information, Bihar leaders hijacked the agenda to Mumbai, observed a Union Minster.
"The concern of teh Union Cabinet is that regional chauvinism is contained,' said Union Minister S Jaipal Reddy.
The NCP did not seem at all comfortable with Lalu's provocative anti-Maharashtra utterances. "Attacks on migrants is unacceptable. But nobody should use provocative language." said NCP General Secretary D P Tripathy.
The party also sees a nexus between rebel Congress leader Narayan Rane and Raj Thackeray. "Rane's men were found to be involved in the Kalyan violence," said an NCP Leader.
New Delhi:- There is a disquiet in the top echelons of the Congress and the NCP , the ruling combine in Maharashtra, that Bihar leaders in general and Rail Minister Lalu Prasad in particular, have made the attack on North Indians in Mumbai too much of an 'ego' issue.
Leaders of both parties feel Lalu is overplaying the attacks on Biharis as a political card to rebuild lost ground in his home state.
They are worried that if he keeps harping on the attacks, it will only help make MNS chief Raj Thackeray a hero.
Some Congress ministers, in particular, are alarmed at the attempt to pit Maharashtra against Bihar, as was done at the Union Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
"This is dangerous politics. Lalu is pitting Maharashtra against Bihar for the sake of politics," pointed out a concerned Union Minister from the South.
Some Congress ministers were surprised when Bihar leaders led by Ram Vilas Paswan sought to raise the issue of attack on North Indians at the Cabinet meeting because the issue was not even on the agenda.
Apart from some official business, the Cabinet was to discuss the Assam blasts. But since it had very little information, Bihar leaders hijacked the agenda to Mumbai, observed a Union Minster.
"The concern of teh Union Cabinet is that regional chauvinism is contained,' said Union Minister S Jaipal Reddy.
The NCP did not seem at all comfortable with Lalu's provocative anti-Maharashtra utterances. "Attacks on migrants is unacceptable. But nobody should use provocative language." said NCP General Secretary D P Tripathy.
The party also sees a nexus between rebel Congress leader Narayan Rane and Raj Thackeray. "Rane's men were found to be involved in the Kalyan violence," said an NCP Leader.
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