Pro-Kannada activist slapped, threatened in Mumbai by Sena supporters
Amidst the ongoing tension between Maharashtra and Karnataka due to right over Belagavi, a new video of Shiv Sena supporters heckling, slapping and threatening Kannada activists in Mumbai has gone viral. Shivakumar Naik, a pro-Kannada activist, told Asianet Newsable that he went to Mumbai to meet CM Thackeray to appeal to him for talks with Karnataka leaders to end the tension between the states.
After days of tension between Karnataka and Maharashtra following MES and Shiv Sena vandals damaging Sangolli Rayanna statue and also damaging government vehicles and shops of Kannadigas in Belagavi, now another video of Sena activists targeting Kannada activists in Mumbai is going viral.
CM Shivakumar Naik, who heads a less known Pro-Kannada outfit 'Sarvasanghatanegala Okkuta' spoke to Asianet Newsable and said that he left for Mumbai immediately after Shiv Sena activists burned the Kannada flag. He claimed that he went to meet CM Uddhav Thackrey and also Union Minister Ramdas Athawale to appeal before them for their intervention in this matter but could not meet them.
He also held a protest in Mumbai condemning the act of burning the Kannada flag and the same has gone viral on social media in Mumbai. The Sena activists enraged by Naik's action traced him and barged into his office at 2:30 am on Tuesday and heckled, slapped, and also threatened him. The activists was forced to seek an apology.
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