A routine shopping trip spiralled into a political showdown at a D-Mart in Mumbai’s Versova.
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00:00A casual shopping trip turned political flashpoint at this DMart in Varsova, Mumbai.
00:18I will not speak Marathi, I'll only speak Hindi, do whatever you want.
00:22This response from a DMart employee to a Marathi-speaking customer sparked a storm.
00:26The video went viral and it didn't take long for Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman
00:31Sena to jump in.
00:32MNS workers reached the store and forced the employee to hold his ears and apologise.
00:52The MNS workers slapped him and forced him to apologise to Raj Thackeray too.
01:21If you want to live in Maharashtra, you must speak Marathi, said the MNS workers.