Let me bring you back into the present day reality of Maharashtra.
In the last 5-10 years, there has been an unprecendently MASSIVE influx of Hindi-bhashi migrants into Maharashtra and that is creating myriad problems for Maharashtrians.
* Marathi culture and language are being side-lined within their own state as these migrants do not assimilate, but instead re-enforce their identity and loyalty with their home-states.
* Infrastructure cannot take the load of these migrants as proportionately the Cenral funding for these states are not diverted into Maharashtra to compensate for the extra burden.
* Migrants are in the fore-front of illegal activities like building slums, hawking on roads without licenses, plying 15-20 yr old taxis with illegal permits, and so on. Migrants seek regularisation of their activities by forming vote-banks and getting their politicians elected to power.
* The WORST part is the natural inclination of Hindi-bhashi migrants to politics, where they form a (UP/Bihar)region-based huge vote-bank within Maharashra. Self-serving politicians like Amar Singh, Laloo Yadav and Mulayam Singh are grabbing this opportunity and are making these presence felt by organising political rallies like UP Din and Desh Bachao Rallies where lakhs of these migrants attend in strength.
If the above problems contine, Maharashtra will soon turn into Bihar, then your national integration message is irrelevant.
