Though the Marwari Banias have been engaged in trade and money-lending business in erstwhile Hyderabad state for almost last three centuries—or may be even more—yet it is now that Telangana is witnessing a sort of movement to oust them.

The growth of entrepreneur culture among local people leading to the birth of new breed of business communities, consolidation of Telugu sub-nationalism as well as the gradual expansion of Bharatiya Janata Party may be some of the reasons behind the rending of the slogan “Marwaris Go Back” in the state. As in neighbouring Maharashtra, where Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena are known for their stand against Gujarati traders and industrialists as well as working class from North and South India, Telangana Kranti Dal and some local trading bodies are

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