MNS workers assault local bank employee for defending use of Hindi

In yet another instance of a language row, workers of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) assaulted a local bank employee for defending the use of Hindi in Mumbai’s Lonavala area.

A video of the assault has emerged on social media, gaining instant virality. A group of MNS workers are seen threatening the Lonavala branch manager of the



Maharashtra Bank, demanding that all its officials speak and transact in Marathi.

According to the MNS workers, although the Maharashtra Bank is a nationalised bank, 99 percent of its customers were Marathis. They argued that rural customers might not be able to understand Hindi and hence insisted that the bank use the local language for communication.