Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Marathi versus Gujarati row turns into campaign issue
Mumbai. The post provoked an outrage as one of the requirements listed was "Marathi people are not welcome here".
The firm in question claimed that their Linkedin profile was used by a freelance recruiter and they apologised for the advertisement, so did the HR recruiter. However, the post has sparked off a Marathi versus Gujarati row in Mumbai which is now seeing it being reflected in some constituencies in Mumbai, especially in Mumbai North East as BJP's Mihir Kotecha takes on Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Sena's Sanjay Dina Patil here. Kotecha is the BJP MLA from Mulund, who has replaced sitting MP Manoj Kotak.
In 2014, BJP candidate Kirit Somaiya won the elections against NCP candidate Sanjay Dina Patil by 3.17 lakh votes. Five years later, the BJP fielded Manoj Kotak who defeated Patil by a margin of 2.36 lakh votes. Sanjay Dina Patil has quit the NCP and is now contesting on the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Sena faction ticket.
Despite the huge lead in the last two elections, BJP leaders are nervous in the current polls due to the Marathi versus Gujarati issue. «There is an undercurrent of polarisation between the two communities, though not among all. But we do sense some anger among the Marathi community on the issue,» said a BJP leader from the constituency.
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