Pune, June 29 -- Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane on Sunday came down heavily on the Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut over his party's call to protest against "Hindi imposition" in the state, saying that he won't even "get Diwali bonus" if he doesn't "speak in favour" of Uddhav Thackeray.

"Sanjay Raut is a salaried person. He takes a monthly salary from Saamana. He will obviously speak in favour of (Uddhav) Thackeray. He won't even get a Diwali bonus if he doesn't do that," Rane told reporters here.

Intensifying his attack, he said that these people only wanted to divide Hindus on the issue of language while asserting that there was no Hindi imposition in Maharashtra. Rane further lashed out at Javed Akhtar and Rahul Gandhi for not speaki...