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Home / News / India News / Shiv Sena defends Marathi mandatory clause for auto-drivers
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    Shiv Sena defends Marathi mandatory clause for auto-drivers

    Ankita Bose
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    Last updated on Sep 20, 2015, 09:03 am
    Shiv Sena defends Marathi mandatory clause for auto-drivers
    Credits:
  • Shiv Sena has defended Transport-Minister Diwakar Raote's mandatory clause for auto-drivers to speak Marathi by stating that it was an old rule which he had sought to implement.

    "What is wrong in saying that it is essential that auto and taxi drivers here know Marathi. There is a one-sided criticism of Raote for the decision," Shiv-Sena stated in an editorial in their newspaper, "Samaana"

  • In this article
    From where it all started! Similar incidence with Congress New auto-permits as diwali gift! Raote's defence! Congress and NCP lashes back! No objection from rickshaw union Shiv Sena defends Marathi mandatory clause for auto-drivers Shiv Sena connects the issue with Bihar elections!
  • Introduction

    From where it all started!

    From where it all started!
  • In 1997, the then government of Maharashtra had stopped issuing fresh auto-permits.

    However, with the growing population in the past 15 years, the government felt the need to issue new auto-permits to release pressure from the existing auto-drivers.

    There exists an old rule in The Maharashtra Motor Vehicle Rules 1989 which indicates that drivers involved in public-service should be conversant in Marathi language.

  • Jan 2014

    Similar incidence with Congress

    Similar incidence with Congress
    Credits:
  • In 2014, the then Congress-led government declared that new taxi-licenses would be given on the conditionality of being conversant in Marathi and a minimum domicile of 15 years in the locality.

    Then CM was heavily criticized by BJP leader Shushil Kumar Modi, calling the move a conspiracy against the "hindi-speaking" population of Maharashtra.

    Congress defended themselves by stating that the cabinet had obeyed rules.

  • 15 Sep 2015

    New auto-permits as diwali gift!

    New auto-permits as diwali gift!
  • BJP-led Maharashtra's Transport-Minister, Diwakar Raote announced that the government will issue 1 lakh new auto-permits in the Mumbai-Metropolitan region during Diwali.

    However, the conditions for new applicants were that they should speak Marathi and should be residents of their respective localities for atleast 15 years.

    The government will also renew the licenses of 1.40 lakh autos which have been running illegally on same conditions.

  • Personal

    Raote's defence!

  • A Shiv-Sena member Diwakar Raote, defended the case by saying "It is necessary for any auto driver in Maharashtra to know Marathi and to know it very well. How else can he communicate with passengers?"

  • Opposition

    Congress and NCP lashes back!

    Congress and NCP lashes back!
  • Congress and NCP leaders slammed back stating that BJP and Shiv-Sena were raking up the "sons-of-soil" sentiments for upcoming Mumbai civic-elections scheduled in 2017.

    Congress stated that people from all faiths reside in Mumbai and the maximum the government could do was to ensure that auto-drivers knew the topography of the city.

    NCP criticized the move by calling the BJP-led government an "extremist" one.

  • Personal

    No objection from rickshaw union

  • Thampi Kurien, the general-secretary of Mumbai Rickshaw Men Union has expressed no objection to the rule stating that it is an old rule under the Motor Vehicles Act which has existed for a long time.

  • 20 Sep 2015

    Shiv Sena defends Marathi mandatory clause for auto-drivers

    Shiv Sena defends Marathi mandatory clause for auto-drivers
    Credits:
  • Shiv Sena has defended Transport-Minister Diwakar Raote's mandatory clause for auto-drivers to speak Marathi by stating that it was an old rule which he had sought to implement.

    "What is wrong in saying that it is essential that auto and taxi drivers here know Marathi. There is a one-sided criticism of Raote for the decision," Shiv-Sena stated in an editorial in their newspaper, "Samaana"

  • Personal

    Shiv Sena connects the issue with Bihar elections!

  • Shiv-Sena has lashed at opposition parties by drawing link to the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls by stating, "those who have sidelined development and are harping on the auto permits issue are responsible for making Bihar a backward state."

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