NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday stated BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s threatening “patak patak ke marenge” (will thrash mercilessly) comment was not for the widespread folks of Maharashtra, however for these behind the continued Marathi-Hindi row within the state. Nonetheless, Fadnavis additionally conceded that the assertion was “inappropriate.”“No matter Nishikant Dubey has stated, it isn’t for the widespread Marathi folks, however for these organisations which have fuelled this controversy. I imagine that Nishikant Dubey’s assertion was not utterly right. Nobody can deny or overlook the contribution of Maharashtra within the progress of the nation, and if somebody does so, it could be utterly fallacious,” the BJP chief advised reporters in Mumbai.In the meantime, Sanjay Raut of Shiv Sena (UBT), the celebration led by Uddhav Thackeray who, alongside along with his estranged cousin Raj, was the goal of Dubey’s ire, responded by calling the BJP MP from Jharkhand – a Hindi-speaking state, a “faltu aadmi” (ineffective) particular person.The cousins, estranged since mid-2000s, lately made their first joint public look in over 20 years to protest the alleged Hindi imposition by the BJP-led authorities in Maharashtra.There have additionally been assaults on Hindi-speaking folks by members of Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).Raut stated, “Who is that this Dubey? Those that converse in Hindi in Maharashtra, have they approved him to talk for them? I attraction to the Hindi-speaking leaders right here to sentence by Dubey’s remarks. Solely then will I say that you’re from Maharashtra. How is Dubey associated to you? He is a ‘faltu aadmi’.”He additionally focused deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde, who cut up the Shiv Sena in 2022 and leads that faction of the celebration, which is a member of the BJP-led ruling alliance.“Shinde thinks he’s the chief of the ‘duplicate’ Shiv Sena, proper? Resign if you’re a ‘mard’ (man). Go and ask (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi ji and (house minister Amit) Shah, what’s going on in Maharashtra,” Raut said.He additional claimed that no Hindi speaker has ever been attacked in Maharashtra.“Lakhs of Hindi-speaking folks dwell in Maharashtra. How am I speaking in Hindi whether it is banned right here? It’s the accountability of Fadnavis and deputy CMs Shinde and (Ajit) Pawar to show Dubey a lesson, or resign,” the Rajya Sabha member added.