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1. Who This Post Is For

Definetely not for BJP-supporters, if you are BJP-supporter just leave a comment about OP being anti-Hindu or same lame cliched shit you yap 24x7 & kindly leave.

This post is for the introspection of those people who still believe in Maharashtra Dharma, who still place Marathi interests at the very top when it comes to Maharashtra, and who believe that within India, Marathi interests deserve the same importance as the interests of North Indians.It is for those who do not subscribe to a version of politics where regional interests are expected to remain secondary while every political discussion revolves around developments in North India, the Central leadership, or Gujarat.So yes, this post is simply meant as a point of self-introspection for liberal, left-liberal, and Marathi right-wing people who still believe in Maharashtra Dharma, and whose basic political and ideological worldview is centered around the interests of Maharashtra itself.

2. Politicians Fight, Families Don't

If you have noticed, recently there have been many viral videos of politicians' weddings or billionaire industrialists' weddings where politicians from across the political spectrum invite each other to events and family functions, while the local karyakartas at the ground level keep fighting with one another.

Now take this example. I think there is one event which can be considered a watershed moment in the Thackerays' current downfall. This was when Aditya Thackeray visited the family function of Mohit Kamboj, the exact same guy who helped Eknath Shinde in the rebellion that led to the fall of the Thackeray-led MVA government.This guy not only stopped there, but along with the BJP IT Cell, he attacked the Thackeray family in multiple ways through social media trolls. There were multiple instances where Shiv Sena opposed him tooth and nail, and Kamboj used his influence to get back at Shiv Sena karyakartas. Some of them even ended up dealing with police station visits and court cases.

And what do we see a year later? Aditya Thackeray is visiting the very same Kamboj.

3. The Pawar Pattern

The second example is the Pawars.

If you have noticed, you can see a similar trend with Sharad Pawar. Supriya Sule, for example, visits Sonia Gandhi to gift her certain things, and shortly afterwards she is seen taking meetings with high-ranking BJP and RSS leaders, as well as people who were once close to Sharad Pawar.The main example was Praful Patel. When the crisis was incoming, many of the people around Sharad Pawar left the NCP quite easily. The moment threats from the Enforcement Directorate appeared, they abandoned ship.

4. When Maharashtra Needed Them

There have been many cases, such as Hindi being pushed as the third language, or multiple attacks on Marathi people. Yet you will see that the Thackerays did not really take a strong stand on these issues or hit the streets in the way many people expected.

Similarly, there were controversial remarks made about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj by a recent guru who claimed that Shivaji Maharaj got tired, handed over his sword to the guru, and said, "Please, Guru, help me." This is a completely fabricated story.What makes it worse is that this fabricated story was told right in front of the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis. Yet we did not see the NCP hit the streets or take a particularly strong stand against it.

Similarly, there have been multiple remarks made by various figures against Maharashtra's icons, the police, and also several controversial comments regarding Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Sant Ramdas by likes of Koshiyari. Yet the NCP did not strongly oppose them either.

When it was really needed, they sat back and watched as industries were shifted away from Maharashtra to Gujarat.

5. The Real Problem : Abondoning Maharashtra Dharma and prioritizing dhando mentality of Hindutva spectrum

Now let's come to the most important part.

Thackerays and Pawars never promoted the ground worker at the grassroots level in post 2014 era. They only promoted sycophants, rich people, and the privileged.

These rich and privileged people formed their own coterie and inner circle. In a situation where the BJP is miles ahead in terms of party funds, it becomes very easy to break these parties again and again with complete ease.

Now, some people may say that the NCP and Shiv Sena simply do not have the money to counter the BJP's massive financial juggernaut.

But does money really matter if you genuinely build a cadre from the ground up?

All these years, the Thackerays and Pawars often took what appeared to be a pro-Maharashtra stand or a Maharashtra Dharma stand. The problem is that they failed to pursue it genuinely. Over time, it became a business.

They abandoned the very people for whom they claimed to stand.

The people who worked to promote Maharashtra Dharma or the Marathi cause were gradually sidelined in favour of the rich and the privileged.

These parties survive on funding from many of the same Jain, Marwari, and Gujarati business communities whose discriminatory practises they indirectly pretend to oppose on public platforms.Adani may be projected as the opposition's biggest enemy. But if we really think about it, is the real problem for Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar that Adani is doing things in Maharashtra? Or is their real problem that he is not sharing the benefits with them and is instead aligned only with Fadnavis and the BJP?

8. Why I Am Not Talking About BJP Supporters

And by the way, don't ask me why I'm not criticizing the BJP, because I simply have no hopes from them as a Hindu Marathi person.I don't relate to anything they promote or say.

You can argue that the Thackerays and Pawars are silent on the Hindi imposition issue, or that they oppose it only meekly. But in the case of the BJP in Maharashtra, it often appears to actively facilitate this Hindi imposition, albeit in a low-key manner.

They also try to shift the blame onto the natives when industries move away from Maharashtra. As industries are gradually drawn away from Maharashtra, largely due to the influence of powerful Gujarati leaders at the Centre, BJP leaders often seem more interested in defending the situation than questioning it.

Similarly, they frequently appear to support, or at least tolerate, people who make controversial remarks about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Mahatma Phule, or Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Examples often cited by people include Governor Koshyari, Amit Shah, or Bageshwar Baba.

In the recent Jain vs Marathi issue as well, people like Rane and others aligned with Fadnavis appeared to firmly side with Jain religious groups rather than with Hindu Marathis. To be more precise, I mean certain Jain religious activists and pressure groups.

Similarly, when an MNS worker was attacked by radical Muslims for asking people to speak Marathi in Shivaji Maharaj's Maharashtra, the BJP did not meaningfully respond. In fact, many Marathi activists felt that sections of the BJP ecosystem celebrated or justified the incident, something that can often be observed in WhatsApp groups and online communities associated with them.

So as far as I am concerned, Marathi interests and Marathi sentiments have no meaningful place within their version of Hinduism.

That much is certain.

So while the Thackerays and Pawars may oppose such issues weakly or remain silent, the BJP often appears to move in the exact opposite direction.

So yes, this post is simply meant as a point of self-introspection for liberal, left-liberal, and Marathi right-wing people who still believe in Maharashtra Dharma, and whose basic political and ideological worldview is centered around the interests of Maharashtra itself.