One day after a Shiv Sena worker asked a ‘Karachi Sweets’ shop owner in suburban Bandra to change the name of his shop to something else, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut closed the shop on Thursday. call for a name change.
Taking to the microblogging site Twitter, Raut claimed “it doesn’t make sense” adding that Karachi Bakery and Karachi Sweets have been in Mumbai for the past six decades. He said it has nothing to do with Pakistan and clarified that it is not the official position of Shiv Sena.
Karachi bakery and karachi sweets have been in Bombay for the last 60 years. They have nothing to do with Pakistan. There is no point asking to change their names now. The demand to change his name is not Shivsena’s official position.
– Sanjay Raut (@ rautsanjay61) November 19, 2020
“Karachi bakery and Karachi sweets have been in Mumbai for the past 60 years. They have nothing to do with Pakistan. There is no point asking to change their names now. Demand to change their name is not Shiv’s official position. Sena, “he tweeted. .
In a video clip shared on his Facebook page on Wednesday, Sena Nitin Nandgaonkar worker is seen asking the owner to change the store’s name to his father or grandfather, claiming that Karachi is in Pakistan, which is a “country of terrorists. “.
“Do not use the name Karachi in Mumbai … Humein Karachi naam se takleef hai (we have an objection to the name Karachi). Our jawan (died) in Bhai Dooj. Pakistan is a country of terrorists,” he said.
Nandgaonkar said that “it will give the store owner time to change the name of the store,” and in a post along with the video added that the boards with the text “Karachi” will be changed in 15 days. “You have to, we’re giving you time. Change ‘Karachi’ for something in Marathi,” Nandgaokar said in the video.
He wrote in his Facebook post: “The name Karachi will no longer work in Mumbai and Maharashtra … Karachi is the place of famous terrorists, so why are they flying to Maharashtra …? If you live in Mumbai then be proud from Mumbai … Souvenirs from Pakistan, Karachi won’t work in Mumbai. “
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), in a statement, criticized Shiv Sena because his worker “threatened” the owner of the store, and asked the Mumbai police to take him into account, saying that this was the last thing the city you need during a pandemic.
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