at the same time i also dont condone all the violent activities of mns..... first of all this all started off as a fight between two groups---mns and sp...... u can even see the photos of sp workers beating mns workers ... but media didnot show this.. i heard MR RAJ THAKRES SPEECH ... AND 2 MY SURPRISE I FOUND HE HAD SAID " HE IS A BIG FAN OF AMITABH! AND HE WANTS 2 REPAY MAHARASHTRAS DEBT IN THE SAME WAY AS AB IS DOING BY SERVING UP.... !"THIS CONTROVERSY HAS BEEN BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION BY THE MEDIA....... I M NOT TAKING SIDES..... THE MNS HAS USED THIS EVENT 4 PUBLICITY AND PITCHED THE MAHARASHTRIANS AGAINST UPITES AND BIHARIS..... I CONDEMN THIS.... BUT I ALSO THINK THE ISSUE IS MORE SERIOUS AND MORE FUNDAMENTAL....... TO FIND SOLUTIONS WE MAY HAV 2 DO SOME PAINFUL SOUL--SEARCHING.....THE POLITICIANS LIKE MANY OF THE BLOGGERS ON REDIFF HAVE CHOOSEN THE EASY WAY OUT---- TO LABEL THIS ISSUE AS A TIFF BETN NORTH AND MAHARASHTRA...... BUT I WNT U GUYS TO PONDER UPON THE FOLLOWING--- (1)SHOULD A PROGRESSIVE STATE (MAHA IN THIS CASE) BE MADE 2 PAID FOR THE LACK OF DEVELOPMENT IN OTHER STATES(BIHAR, UP....BCOZ OF MASS MIGRATION FROM THESE REGIONS...STRAINING LOCAL RESOURCES..... IT IS LIKE SAYING AN INTELLIGENT STUDENT HAS 2 WAIT 4 ALL DULL STUDENTS 2 PASS B4 HE IS PROMOTED 2 NEXT CLASS . (2)SHOULD MEDIA BE GIVEN A FREE HAND ? (3)SHOULDNT THE MIGRANT POPULATION BLEND IN WITH THE LOCALS OR THEY B ALLOWED 2 CHENGE THE ENTIRE SOCIAL STRUCTURE? (4)SHOULD FLOW OF LABOUR