Anti hindi but why?

In the early 1960's Tamilnadu was the first state where the Anti-Hindi sentiments started. In an address in 1962, the then Chief Minister of the state C. N. Annadurai made a statement opposing Hindi imposition, "It is claimed that Hindi should be common language because it is spoken by the majority. Why should we then claim the tiger as our national animal instead of the rat which is so much more numerous? Or the peacock as our national bird when the crow is ubiquitous?"
He also said "Since every school in India teaches English, why can't it be our link language? Why do Tamils have to study English for communication with the world and Hindi for communications within India? Do we need a big door for the big dog and a small door for the small dog? I say, let the small dog use the big door too!"
M.G. Ramachandran, the founder of AIDMK and former Chief Minister of Tamilnadu refused to accept Padamshree award of the Indian Government as the wording was in Hindi. It was due to the Anti-Hindi movement that the Congress, was wiped out of Tamilnadu in 1967 and the state saw the rise of a regional party known as Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). Remember AIDMK was formed by MGR after leaving DMK. As the anti-hindi sentiments are still high in Tamilnadu, no national party was ever able to comeback in the state.
Now the reason why, I am going back in 1960's and narrating this anti-hindi story is that because I think Raj Thackeray is on the same track. I can surely say this because Shivsena had also lauched anti-migrant agitations lately. However, it was not specifically targeted to hindi-speaking people. Their ideology was based on sons of the soil concept.
Raj Thackeray is using the anti-hindi formula to gain a political ground in Maharashtra. His newly formed political group Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) is only targeting people from hindi speaking states. This inludes the biggest name in the Indian film industry that is Amitabh Bacchan. Now what he gains from this is obvious.