In Maharashtra, MNS workers aggressively demanded the use of Marathi in banks. They confronted a bank manager in Ambarnath who was not conversing in Marathi, threatened him, and vandalized a computer. The workers demanded that he learn Marathi quickly. This follows MNS Chief Raj Thackeray's recent call to make Marathi mandatory for official communication.
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