Nitish Kumar speaks in Marathi at Bhar Day in Maharashtra

Marathi is a sweet language, Marathis are such sweet people, so why do some of you trouble Biharis? This query was raised by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar at a mammoth rally in Mumbai on Sunday, which was billed as a cultural event to celebrate 100 years of the formation of Bihar.

But Kumar's message was clearly political, a reference to the MNS leader Raj Thackeray opposing the event andbacking down in the face of tremendous pressure.



Wherever Biharis went and settled down, Kumar said, they made that land their own. He said the Bihari worked hard for his daily bread and did not chreat or tell lies to go ahead in life.

After Nitish Kumar arrived on the stage, he first lit a lamp, and then garlanded a bust of Shivaji and portraits of Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Phule.

The Maharashtra geet, Garja Maharashtra Maaza was sung followed by the well known playback singer Udit Narayan, who is Bihari origin, singing two songs and speaking in Maithili to the crowds' delight.