Jaya Bachchan's comment comes against the backdrop of a controversial diktat by Raj Thackeray recently.
Highlights
- Jaya Bachchan raises concerns over migrant workers being targeted
- Migrants not getting jobs because they don't speak the language: Bachchan
- Last week, Raj Thackeray threatened migrant auto drivers in Mumbai
Actor-politician Jaya Bachchan today warned of a second "Partition" in the country as she raised concerns in Parliament over migrant workers being targeted.
"There will be another partition in this country, and this time not by foreigners but by our own people. This will be a divide based on religion, caste and language," Mrs Bachchan, a Samajwadi Party lawmaker, said in the Rajya Sabha.
"People go looking for jobs to other states and there they do not get jobs because they don't speak the language of the state, which is so sad. They are intimidated," she said.
Mrs Bachchan's comment comes against the backdrop of a controversial diktat by Raj Thackeray recently.
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader said three-wheelers with new permits will be set on fire because he alleged that nearly 70 per cent of the auto-rickshaws recently cleared to run on Mumbai's roads belong to non-Maharashtrians.
Later, facing waves of outrage, the party said that the diktat was "on hold".