Maharashtra State Women's Commission takes note of discrimination against Marathi woman in Mumbai

In a shocking incident on Wednesday, a Marathi woman was denied entry to an office in a Gujarati society in Mulund. The society's secretary stated that Maharashtrians were not permitted to enter. The woman was also subjected to assault, and a video of the incident has emerged.

The woman, identified as Trupti Devrukhkar, shared a video of the incident on social media. The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) understood the woman's issue and questioned the society's secretary in the MNS style. Following the MNS's intervention, the man had to apologize. The Maharashtra State Women’s Commission has also taken note of the incident.

President of Maharashtra State Women’s Commission, Rupali Chakankar, said, “Article 15 of the Constitution of India provides no citizen shall be discriminated against on the basis of religion, caste, sex, place of birth. This includes caste and language. Also, in the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, no permission has been given to the society not to give houses to certain castes, religions and languages ​​in the housing society.”

तृप्ती देवरुखकर यांना मराठी भाषिक असल्याच्या कारणावरून मुलुंड, मुंबई येथील शिवसदन सहकारी गृहनिर्माण संस्थेने सदनिका नाकारण्यात आली तसेच याबाबत प्रश्न उपस्थित केल्याने संस्थेच्या पदाधिकाऱ्यांकडून त्यांना धक्काबुक्की करण्यात आल्याचे वृत्त मध्यामांवरून प्रसारित होत आहे.

भारतीय…

— Rupali Chakankar (@ChakankarSpeaks) September 27, 2023

She added that despite the rules, most co-operative housing societies are openly discriminating on the basis of certain caste, religion, language and diet.

“Advertisements of housing schemes and websites also have this prominently written for ‘Gated Community’ only. Co-operative Department and Housing Department need to take serious action in this regard, she added.

She also mentioned that the fact a Marathi-speaking woman is denied a flat in Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra, is “very serious”.

The Maharashtra State Women’s Commission has taken notice of this incident and have asked the Cooperative Commissioner, Maharashtra State, Pune and the Principal Secretary, Housing Department, Maharashtra State, Ministry, to inquire and report on the same. Instructions have been given to the police station concerned to investigate the incident and take action.

Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray termed the incident "annoying" on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). In his post, Aaditya Thackeray asked for action to be taken against the building and those responsible.

चीड आणणारी घटना…
पण प्रश्न हा आहे, की हे पाहून मिंधे-भाजपा सरकार काय करणार?
आमच्या मराठमोळ्या वारकऱ्यांवर, बारसूमधल्या महिलांवर, मराठा समाजावर लाठ्या चालवल्या…
तसा इथेही कायद्याचा धाक दाखवणार, की दिल्लीश्वर नाराज होतील म्हणून ‘हाताची घडी तोडांवर बोट’ ठेवून गप्प बसणार?

ह्या… https://t.co/stfcuNcBaO

— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) September 27, 2023