Bombay should be changed to Mumbai: Sena
Issuing a stern warning, Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray on Wednesday asked the all the institutions in the city with the name Bombay as prefix to change it to Mumbai, failing which the party would target them.
By PTI |
MUMBAI: Issuing a stern warning, Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray on Wednesday asked the all the institutions in the city with the name Bombay as prefix to change it to Mumbai, failing which the party would target them.
"If the supporters of Bombay keep harping their tune, then the 'Bombaywallahs' will be forced to flee," Thackeray said in an editorial in the party mouthpiece 'Saamana'.
"Samajhne wale ko ishara kaafi hai. (intelligent people should take a cue from our indications). Be it a school, an English newspaper or any industry, we are giving an indication as to what we think they should do," he said.
"Those clamouring to retain the name of Bombay instead of changing it to Mumbai will be forced to flee," Thackeray warned.
The Sena had targeted a leading newspaper, an elite school and a textile showroom for using Bombay in their name. It also protested yesterday in front of the Bombay Stock Exchange, demanding a change in its name.
Twenty-four workers from the party and its campus wing Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Sena were also arrested outside BSE under provisions of Bombay Police Act for violating prohibitory orders on Tuesday.
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