'Will Beat You...': Nishikant Dubey Dares Raj Thackeray To Visit UP, Bihar Amid Marathi Row

Last Updated:July 07, 2025, 17:06 IST

Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi hit out at Dubey and asked who made him the decision maker of what other party leaders should be doing

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey (PTI Image)

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday dared Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray to visit Bihar and Uttar Pradesh amid row over Marathi language in Mumbai and said he will be beaten up.

Dubey’s remarks came days after MNS workers thrashed a shopkeeper in Mumbai for not speaking Marathi.

“You people are surviving on our money. What kind of industries do you have?… If you are courageous enough and beat those who speak Hindi, then you should beat all those who speak Urdu, Tamil, and Telugu. If you are such a big ‘boss’, come out of Maharashtra, come to Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu – ‘tumko patak patak ke maarenge’… We all respect Marathi and the people of Maharashtra, who fought for India’s independence," Dubey said.

The BJP member accused Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackery of doing “cheap politics" over Marathi ahead of the BMC election. “If they have courage – they should go to Mahim and beat any Hindi or Urdu speaking people in front of Mahim dargah," he said.

Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi hit out at Dubey and asked who made him the decision maker of what other party leaders should be doing.

She also asked if Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis agreed with their party MP’s language with regard to the people of Maharashtra and his disparaging comments about hard-working people of the state.

“Who made him the gatekeeper of Hindi? Who made him the tax keeper of India? Who made him the spokesperson of industrialists? Who made him the decision maker of what other party leaders should be doing?" she asked in a post on X.

News politics 'Will Beat You...': Nishikant Dubey Dares Raj Thackeray To Visit UP, Bihar Amid Marathi Row