Thackeray dares Lalu for 8216;Chhat8217; in TN

8220;Lalu who has turned Bihar into a hell, should hold a mela of Biharis in Tamil Nadu ruled by his ally at the Centre to champion the cause of North Indians there.8221;

Launching a scathing attack on the reported demand by some local North Indian Congress leaders that Hindi be made an official language in BMC, Thackeray said, 8220;let them try this out in Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkota and Guwahati first.8221;

8220;The sons of soil here will not tolerate any insult to the status of Marathi and Mumbai,8221; the edit added.

Thackeray said Congress leaders making the demand to impose Hindi on Mumbai8217;s civic body should be prosecuted by the Maharashtra government and put behind bars.

Reacting to the statement by state Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh that Mumbai8217;s doors were open to all, he said, 8220;Mumbai is being exploited criminally and economically at the cost of the Bhoomiputras who had remained underprivileged.8221;