Controversy erupts over Marathi 'manoos' in metro workers in Thane
Thane, June 29 (UNI) Controversy over Marathi 'manoos' erupted again at ongoing metro work in Kalyan town of the district, where the security managing director has threatened employees to remove the Marathi workers from work, only then they will get their salary.
Upon getting information of incident, Shiv General Kamgar Sena general secretary Harish Ingle said that he is preparing to file an official complaint by recording the conversation on his mobile phone.
On the one hand, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray are taking out a joint protest against compulsory teaching of Hindi as a third language in the schools, while on the other hand, it has come to light that the locals and Marathi people are being ignored in metro work as well.
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