A Shiv Sena worker demanded that the owner of a sweet shop in Mumbai should drop ‘Karachi’ from the name of his shop. Nitin Nandgaonkar asked the owner of ‘Karachi Sweets’ in suburban Bandra to rename it instead after his father or grandfather. 

“Don’t use the name Karachi in Mumbai. We have problem with the name Karachi. Our jawan (died) on Bhai Dooj. Pakistan is a country of terrorists,” Nitin said to the owner. 

According to PTI report, Nandgaonkar has given the owner 15 days time to drop the name from all the signboards.

Meanwhile, the Sena has distanced itself from the demand. Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut tweeted that Karachi Bakeries and Karachi Sweet Shops are operating in Mumbai for the last 60 years, and “they have nothing to do with Pakistan”.

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“It makes no sense to ask for changing their names now. Demand for changing their name is not Shiv Sena’s official stance,” the Rajya Sabha member said.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), in a statement, hit out at the Shiv Sena over its worker “threatening” a shop owner, and asked the police to take notice of the incident, saying it was the last thing the city needs during a pandemic.