I agree that India is one nation and the constitution provides free movement of people and settling down wherever they want. However, the recent development in Mumbai has to be carefully looked in to different perspective. Mumbai has been a welcome place for anyone at any time for any kind of survival over the past, except the situtation which existed during the early 1970s. Mumbaikars (Maharashtrians or Marathis) has been very affectionate, co-operative and peace loving for anybody ever since. However, during the past 4-5 years, when India is on its fast track of development and Mumbai has been forging ahead with growing business, buildings, infrastructure, employment etc. there has been a large scale migrants in to Mumbai, which the locals did not protest. everything was going fine till recently. However, there has been some unrest in Mumbai about the growing law and order problem, encroachments, goondaism etc. involving people of other states. Not only that, celebrating a festival/puja of another state by the people in a large scale (for the sake of showing the strength - vote power) has evoked some mixed feelings amongst the locals, which the politicians have taken advantage of.
