Mumbai’s Shop Owner Asked to Remove Word ‘Karachi’

Shiv Sena leader had given deadline of 15 days to rename the shop

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WEB DESK: Extremism in India is on the rise, the recent incident occurred with Mumbai’s shop owner in the Bandra area where he was asked by Shiv Sena, an extremist political party in India, to exclude the word ‘Karachi’ from the shop’s name.

Shiv Sena leader Nitin Nandgaokar asked the shopkeeper to replace the word ‘Karachi’ with some word in Marathi.

Video of the arguments between a party official, Nitin Nandgaokar, and Mumbai’s shop owner went viral on social media.

Shiv Sena leader can be seen giving 15 days deadline to rename Karachi Sweets.

“You have to do it, we’re giving you time, change ‘Karachi’ to something in Marathi”, Nandgaokar was heard saying this in the video to the Mumbai’s shop owner.

The shopkeeper claimed that the shop was named Karachi because his ancestors had migrated from there. It had nothing to do with Pakistan.


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“It does not matter whether you are Hindu or Muslim. In Mumbai, you cannot use the word ‘Karachi’. Nandgaonkar insisted.

The word ‘Karachi’ disgruntles us,” he contended.

The owner of the shop was forced to conceal the name with newspapers following the threat.

“I don’t want any trouble over this issue. I have consulted my lawyers and in the days to come, I might or might not change the name “Karachi” from the signboards,” said the owner.

Earlier, in 2009, a similar incident took place at a shop named Karachi Sweets, after which the name of the shop was forced to change.

Party Background:

Shiv Sena is a Marathi regional and Hindu nationalist political party in India. Cartoonist Bal Thackery founded the party in 1966.

Thackeray had been accused of inciting conflicts between Hindus and Muslims.

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