After 19-year-old Mumbai student Arnav Laxman Khaire died by suicide after allegedly being thrashed by 4-5 co-passengers in local train for not speaking Marathi, BJP accused Uddhav and Raj Thackeray of fuelling language politics. BJP's Ameet Satam said "poison they're sowing" causing such incidents. This isn't first case of non-Marathi speakers being assaulted in Maharashtra.