The hooliganism of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has once again come into the limelight in Maharashtra. This time party workers attacked Siddharth Singh Chandel, head of an academic coaching center in Kalyan area near Mumbai. The whole incident was captured on camera, which is now going viral on social media.
In this video of two minutes 30 seconds, three MNS activists are seen sitting in front of Chandel, who runs Siddharth Logic Coaching Center. It is being told that the workers were angry that Chandel charges a hefty fee from the students, but do not teach them. During the conversation, the matter deteriorated so much that the coaching operator was thrown from slapping the coaching operator to a steel bottle and wood name plate.
In the video, Chandel is talking on his mobile and try to calm the MNS workers sitting in front. But then one of them slaps them, the other throws a steel bottle and the third one throws a wooden nameplate. During this time, some students were sitting in the corner of the room, one of which recorded the entire incident from his mobile.
After this attack, questions are being raised on law and order in the state. This is not the first time MNS workers have attacked this way. Recently, incidents like attacks on shopkeepers and beating of migrant auto drivers in Meera Road and Vikhroli have come to light. Neither the party apologized for these incidents nor Raj Thackeray took any kind of responsibility. On the contrary, he supported the attackers and warned that if he was criticized, there would be more violence. Surprisingly, the police did not take strict action in any case. For example, seven people involved in the Meera Road attack were called only for questioning and then left.
The entire series is said to be to opposition to the order given by the state government in April and June, in which Hindi language was made mandatory for students from first to fifth grade. Raj Thackeray was seen standing with Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena faction against this order.
The statement of Home Minister Yogesh Kadam has also come into controversy. He said that action will be taken against whoever insults Marathi. But did not even mention the attackers. His statement was – ‘Marathi must speak in Maharashtra …’