IN SO FAR AS THAKARES STATE THAT THE PERSONS COMING TO MAHARASHTRA SHOULD RESPECT THE SENTIMENTS OF THE LACALE, THERE CAN BE NO ARGUMENT. BUT IT NEEDS TO BE ADDED THAT FOR THAT MATTER EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE THAKARES, SHOULD RESPECT THE SENTIMENTS OF OTHERS. HOW DO THEY FIND IT CONVENIENT TO FORGET THAT EVEN BENGALIS & MAHARASHTRIAN CELEBRATE DURGA PUJA & GANAPATI PUJA OUTSIDE THEIR RESPECTIVE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS, THE LOCALS JOIN THEM AND NOT RESIST THEM. BUT WE INDIANS ARE BELIEVERS INSOMUCH AS EVERY THING, INCLUDING THAKARES' CONDUCT, IS DIVINELY ORDAINED. MAY GANAPATI BAPPA GIVE SENSE TO THAKARES. BUT BY THE WAY CAN SOMEONE TELL ME AS TO WHY IS ELECTION COMMISSION WATCHING IT AS HAPLESS SPECTATOR.