Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers slapped a staff member of a popular coaching centre in Maharashtra's Nashik for insulting the Marathi language. Video of the incident went viral on social media, where MNS workers can be seen slapping a man.
According to the video, a teacher at the Physics Wallah coaching centre in Nashik has allegedly insulted students and their regional language, Marathi. The incident occurred at one of the branches on Sharanpur Road, where students alleged that the teacher had called some children who were speaking Marathi "gaonthi" and "mannerless".
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According to the information, students complained to Raj Thackeray-led MNS workers about the incident, after which MNS workers stormed into the coaching centre. In a viral video, it can be seen a man with a saffron muffler on his neck asks students exactly what had happened.
When the employee begins to speak, one of the MNS workers interrupts him and argues with him to speak in Marathi. The MNS workers then started slapping him. "You come here to earn, you live here, and you insult the local language? Don't you have any shame?" they ask the staff member.
MNS workers also warned the coaching centre and gave them an ultimatum of 8-days to recruit Marathi-speaking staff or they would start an 'MNS-style' protest if that did not happen.