Raj Thackeray is being criticized for his latest remarks. I don't really see eye to eye with just about anything the man says or does. His party's usage of extra constitutional methods to impinge on things like freedom of speech is completely abominable.
But for one second, think about these remarks. If a foreign country said, some Indian immigrants brought the plague or some other disease, would we be so up in arms? There was a case not too long ago when a central Asian nation said a polio strain was traced in the country from Uttar Pradesh, India. Several countries went bananas last year to prevent the outbreak of the so-called Swine Flu. China even stopped all Mexicans at its airports and quarantined them.
The need of the hour is better hygiene and health practices. If only Raj Thackeray's MNS would focus on such issues with real aggression, we'd have a cleaner and healthier India. But I am asking too much.
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