‘Marathi ko mara na’: Scuffle over cellphone recharge turns into Marathi vs Non-Marathi row after video goes viral
A easy request for a cellphone recharge in Thane has sparked a Marathi vs Non-Marathi row, with a Shiv Sena (UBT) MP within the centre of the controversy.
The incident occurred a few days in the past, when a 43-year-old man, Kiran Tanaji Sawant, visited a neighborhood store in Thane requesting for a cellphone recharge. Nonetheless, Sawant allegedly misplaced his mood after the recharge could not be accomplished owing to a technical problem, based on the workers members of the store.
They claimed that Sawant created chaos, which led to a combat between him and 4 or 5 of the store workers. In the course of the scuffle, Sawant sustained accidents and filed a police criticism afterwards.
A case below sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) pertaining to inflicting damage was filed, and 4 workers members had been detained. They had been launched later after being served authorized notices.
Viral video of Sena (UBT) MP’s workplace
The problem acquired a contemporary lease of life after a video of Shiv Sena UBT MP Rajan Vichare’s workplace went viral. Within the video, each events – the workers members and Sawant are current.
Whereas a workers member tries to talk, one among Vichare’s aide interrupts him, saying, “Marathi mein bol, Marathi ko mara na? Marathi mein bol.”
The clip additional confirmed the workers members approaching Sawant – who was sitting – and apologising by folding their fingers and touching their ft. Sawant then goes on to slap the workers members, who’re additionally made to carry their ears and admit that they had been improper earlier than the digicam.
The incident comes shut on the heels of a one other one which occurred on Tuesday (July 1), whereby a bunch of males sporting Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) scarves allegedly assaulted a Thane store proprietor for not talking in Marathi.
The boys had gone to the store to purchase meals. After the proprietor spoke to them in Hindi, they requested him, “Which language is spoken within the state?” When the proprietor responded saying “all languages”, one of many males shouted and slapped him a number of occasions, together with the others.
