During the Padwa Melava speech, MNS chief Raj Thackeray said workers should make sure Marathi language is being used in every corner of the state. Raj Thackeray said that if you come to Maharashtra, you must speak Marathi; it is a state language, and you should understand it. You can't say, "I will not speak." He told his workers to start working from tomorrow. "See whether Marathi is used in every bank and establishment in Maharashtra or not." After this MNS workers are working towards the same and protesting. On Monday A private security guard in Mumbai’s Powai area was assaulted by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) party workers after refusing to speak in Marathi. The situation escalated when the guard allegedly insulted the Marathi language by saying, “Marathi gaya tel lagane.” In sperate incident MNS workers created a ruckus in Bank Maharashtra in Ambernath. The temper of MNS workers rose as soon as the Marathi branch manager refused to speak Marathi. Angry MNS office bearers created a ruckus in the Bank of Maharashtra in Ambernath after the Amarathi branch manager refused to speak Marathi and gave back answered them. In response to which branch manager was warned to leave your state if he cannot speak Marathi.
Instructions have been given to conduct bank transactions in Marathi as per the new guidelines of the Reserve Bank. Today, city president Kunal Bhoir, city organizer Swapnil Bagul, and district president of Vidyarthi Sena Dhananjay Gurav went to Ambernath with their workers to deliver a letter in this regard from MNS to all the banks. At this time, an Amarathi branch manager named Sharma in the Bank of Maharashtra in Ambernath said that he did not know Marathi. On this, MNS warned him that if he did not know Marathi, he should go and work in his own state. When this branch manager replied that he should go and tell our main branch in Pune, the angry MNS office bearers created a ruckus in the branch manager's cabin. They also warned that if the bank's transactions were not done in Marathi, they would protest in MNS style.
What did the manager say...
We are govt servants and we get transferred to anywhere in country. It takes time to learn any language. If we go to Tamil Nadu tomorrow, we will have to learn Tamil, he said. This manager has been in Ambernath for one and a half years. MNS asked how much more time it will take to learn Marathi if it takes one and a half years.