Mumbai: The office of former Mumbai mayor Nana Chudasama was today vandalised, allegedly by workers of Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or MNS, to protest against his 'anti-Marathi' banner. The attack comes just days after the Shiv Sena staged a protest against columnist Shobhaa De for opposing a government order on the screening of Marathi movies.
"My father has been writing these banners. The banner in question read: Promoting Marathi welcome. Diktats not welcome. Tell me, what is wrong in this banner. It is not anti-Marathi. You can't barge into an 84-year-old's office and burn a banner," said Mr Chudasama's daughter and BJP spokesperson Shaina NC.
Mr Chudasama has been putting up banners at Marine Drive with one-liners on the developments of the city for the last 50 years.
After carrying a vitriolic editorial in its mouthpiece 'Saamna' against Ms De, Shiv Sena workers recently staged a demonstration before her Cuffe Parade residence, alleging she had insulted the Maharashtrian culture through her sarcastic comments against the state government order in which she had also referred to the culinary choices of the people.
Ms De, reacting to the Maharashtra government's controversial move to make it mandatory for multiplexes to screen Marathi films in the prime time slot, had earlier tweeted: "I love Marathi movies. Let me decide when and where to watch them, Devendra Fadnavis. This is nothing but Dadagiri."
The BJP-Sena government had recently mandated multiplexes across the state to screen Marathi movies in time slots as per the convenience of Marathi film producers.