Who asked the original koli communities and their Koliwadas to look like slums in the first place? I have seen absolute pristine and well kept koliwadas in the Konkan coast but almost EVERY GAOTHAAN in Mumbai is now a jhopadpatti !! A clean up drive could have helped tourism.

BJP and these dhando types are now paying infrachuttads to push the narrative that Koliwadas and fishing settlements are encroachments. The goal is pretty obvious: clear these settlements by force so that only people with a shitload of money can access and own these lands. Let's not forget that many of these settlements likely predate Portuguese and British rule, let alone the modern city of Mumbai. Now you have accounts claiming that Kolis aren't original inhabitants of Mumbai because it was a Portuguese city. This is just a convenient way of erasing everything that existed before the Portuguese arrived, including the fishing communities that have called these shores home for centuries. Never mistake these people for protectors of Indian history. They'll happily distort it, erase entire communities and manufacture new narratives if it helps their dhando friends make more money. All while cheering on shiny new developments and toys they couldn't afford themselves. And don't think it'll stop with the Kolis. First, they'll create a narrative to paint the Koli community in a bad light. Then it'll be the Agris, the Bhandaris, the Pathare-Prabhus and others. One by one, they'll delegitimise the communities that inhabited these lands long before Portuguese and British rule, until their history and presence become inconvenient footnotes in the story of a city built for the rich. This isn't about protecting Mumbai's history. It's about deciding whose history counts, who gets to stay, and who gets pushed out to make way for someone else's profits.

@INCMaharashtra is underestimating how much opportunity it has in Maharashtra if it embraces regional pride and the aspirations of Marathi people, much like DKS and the Karnataka Congress in Karnataka or the Congress in Kerala. SS-UBT and MNS are weakened, while SS-ES is little more than a token regional party. There is a political vacuum waiting to be filled. Sticking to old ways isn’t going to deliver results. You have to recognise the opportunity and actively occupy that space.

This is a classic case of deflection - those 2 issues are unrelated and you are just using these issues to deflect attention from discrimination because you can't openly accept that you support discrimination

if you're gonna do it, at least call it what it is. this has literally nothing to do with rescue

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