MNS cracks down on Gujarati signage: Party issues warning to highway restaurants; wants menus, boards printed in Marathi | Mumbai News
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena on Thursday targeted restaurants and hotels on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, warning them to change signboards and language of menu cards to Marathi. Damaging a few name boards, party workers visited hotels and restaurants with signboards in Gujarati.
Prashant Khambe, MNS worker from Vasai, said that party chief Raj Thackeray has said there will be no compromise on Marathi and Maharashtra. Avinash Jadhav, head of MNS’s Palghar and Thane districts, said: “We have told them to change it if you want to do business in Maharashtra,” he said. Earlier on Monday, MNS members, along with workers from other political parties, compelled the removal of a Gujarati signboard from the office of Gujarat BJP MLA Virendrasinh Bahadursinh Jadeja in Seawoods, Navi Mumbai.The signboard was taken down with police presence outside the public relations office of Virendrasinh Bahadursinh Jadeja, who serves as MLA for Rapar constituency in Gujarat.The party had previously issued an ultimatum demanding the board’s removal last week.The group submitted their request to authorities, demanding the immediate replacement of the Gujarati board with a Marathi one. They also requested action against those who they claimed had “insulted” Marathi identity. (With inputs from agencies)
