Video: Raj Thackeray's party workers create ruckus at Nagpur bank over Hindi usage

Several workers of Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) were on Wednesday detained by police for creating a ruckus at a private bank in Nagpur following a row over the usage of the Marathi language.

Hundreds of MNS workers had gathered outside the bank branch and also had a verbal spat with bank officials after they sought the Hindi translation of an FIR registered in Marathi for the purpose of settling an accident claim.

According to information, a young man named Yogesh Bopche recently died in a road accident, following which his family reached the bank seeking an insurance claim. However, bank officials asked the victim's family to bring a Hindi translation of an FIR copy originally written in Marathi.

Irked with this, the family reached out to local MNS leaders who reached the bank along with hundreds of workers to protest and created a ruckus.

Meanwhile, bank officials told India Today that since the headquarters of the insurance company is in Kolkata, where no one understands Marathi. So, as a regular practice, Hindi translations of FIRs registered in accident cases are sent there along with the claim form.

"In the case of Yogesh Bopche also, a Hindi translation was sought citing the same reason," a bank official said.

However, as a result of MNS's demonstrations and the demand for an apology, the bank apologised to the Raj Thackeray-led party and the Bopche family.

Meanwhile, the police detained several MNS workers for creating a ruckus at the bank premises.

HINDI VS MARATHI IN MAHARASHTRA

MNS chief Raj Thackeray has been leading a tirade against Hindi-speaking people in Maharashtra, with videos of his party workers assaulting north Indian people surfacing recently.

Raj Thackeray, along with his cousin and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, led a movement against the Devendra Fadnavis government's 'three-language policy' in the state. The Mahayuti government rolled back the contentious policy earlier this month.

Raj Thackeray recently instructed his party workers to thrash people speaking Hindi but not shoot a video while doing that.

The Thackeray brothers' salvo against Hindi-speaking people has drawn condemnation from several political leaders, especially those representing the BJP and its NDA allies.

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