BJP MP Nishikant Dubey (left) and MNS leader Raj Thackeray (right). File
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Saturday (July 19, 2025) took a swipe at Raj Thackeray, saying he has taught him Hindi after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader briefly spoke in Hindi to target the Lok Sabha member.
“You come to Mumbai. ‘Mumbai ke samandar me dubo dubo kar marengein‘. (We will hammer you in the Mumbai sea),” Mr. Thackeray had said in Hindi at an event, targeting Mr. Dubey for his “tumko patak patak ke marengein’ jibe at him over the language row in Maharashtra.
“I have taught Raj Thackeray Hindi,” Mr. Dubey asked on X with a question mark.
Mr. Thackeray, known for strongarm tactics over the ‘Marathi manoos’ plank, has reunited with his cousin and Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray in the opposition to the BJP-led government’s decision to introduce a third language from Class 1 in schools, which was later scrapped.
Mr. Dubey had attacked him, and the campaign against Hindi, which saw a few incidents of people being manhandled in Mumbai after the younger Thackeray had told his party workers not to make a video if they decided to beat up someone during their agitation.
Published – July 19, 2025 01:37 pm IST
