MNS workers target Gujarati signboards at shops in Thane
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Activists of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) have reportedly pulled down Gujarati signboards at some commercial establishments in Thane district of Maharashtra.
The cadres of the Raj Thackeray-led party smashed and pulled down more than 20 signboards on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in the district's Vasai area late Sunday night, MNS Thane region president Avinash Jadhav said on Monday.
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Agitation
Agitation against such signboards will continue: MNS Thane President
Jadhav said, "Vasai and Thane district are in Maharashtra and not Gujarat, and we will not tolerate name boards in Gujarati anymore."
He asserted that their agitation against such signboards would continue.
The Vasai police control room confirmed the incident but said no offense had been registered so far.
The incident came two days after Raj Thackeray called for a "Modi-mukt Bharat" by 2019.
Previous incidents
MNS workers protested against Gujarati signboards earlier, too
In July 2017, some MNS workers had protested against a jewelry shop in Dadar and a hotel in the Mahim area of Mumbai, asking them to remove the signboards in Gujarati.
Following the protests, the two establishments removed the signboards.
While the owners did not lodge any complaint against the MNS cadres, seven of them were then arrested for "illegal gathering" in Mahim.