Key points:
• Shiv Sena leader Nitin Nandgaonkar asks the owner of a Bandra sweet shop named Karachi Sweets to change its name to something in Marathi.
• Go to BMC and get it changed, said Nitin Nandgaonkar.
• Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that Shiv Sena’s official stance does not agree with that of Nitin Nandgaokar’s distancing the Party from the controversy.
Shiv Sena leader Nitin Nandgaonkar shared a video in which he can be seen asking the owner of a Bandra sweet shop named Karachi Sweets to change its name to something in Marathi. “Change it to whatever name you want, but remove the word ‘Karachi’ from it. I hate that word and any name associated with Pakistan will not be allowed to be used in Mumbai, because it is a country which promotes terrorism,” Nandgaonkar can be heard saying. He also tells the shop owner that he will return in 15 days and that he should reach out to him for any kind of assistance to change the name.This is what happened when Shiv Sena's Nitin Nandgaonkar asked Karachi Sweets to change its name. pic.twitter.com/qHZRvpbO0Y
— Brut India (@BrutIndia) November 19, 2020
“We have a strong problem with Karachi. On Bhai Dooj, our soldiers were killed by Pakistan. Please cancel the name which is registered too. I hate this name Karachi because that is a country of terrorists. Go to BMC and get it changed. Change it to your name or name the store after your ancestors. It is my request and you will have to do it. We will give you time,” he added.
In the video, the owner can be seen trying to explain that the shop has nothing to do with Karachi, the Sena leader told him that he needs to make changes as soon as possible. “I will myself come and buy food from your place once you change the name and write it in Marathi and change it on the signboard as well,” he can be heard saying.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that Shiv Sena’s official stance does not agree with that of Nitin Nandgaokar’s distancing the Party from the controversy. Taking to Twitter, the Shiv Sena MP clarified that the Karachi bakery and Karachi Sweets were started by the ‘exiled Sindhi and Punjabi brothers’ 60 years ago, and changing their name would be pointless.
Karachi bakery and karachi sweets have been in mumbai since last 60 years. They have nothing to do with Pakistan . It makes no sense to ask for changing their names now.Demand for changing their name is not shivsena's official stance.
— Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) November 19, 2020
https://twitter.com/rautsanjay61/status/1329387352813289473?s=09
