Anxious because of sustained hate campaign being waged against north Indians and that too the Biharis especially by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday 5 May spoke to the Maharashtra CM Vilas Rao Deshmukh over phone on the issue. The Bihar CM not only demanded stern action to be taken against Raj Thackeray, but also asked for security cover to be provided to Biharis staying in Maharashtra.  

 

The Maharashtra CM is reported to have assured Nitish Kumar on the issue of providing security to the Biharis. The Bihar chief minister was also informed that the Maharashtra police was busy working on the tape of Raj Thackeray’s fresh speech a couple of days ago. He was told that appropriate measure will be taken against the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief once the genuineness of the tape got established. The Bihar CM was heard to have remarked earlier that it was basically the ‘inaction’ of the Union government and Maharashtra government that fuelled the defiance of Raj Thackeray.