A resident of the building is heard countering him, stating that there were no restrictions about food.As the argument escalated, some residents alerted Ghatkopar Police who intervened and sorted out the issue, said an eye-witness.Police asked the residents of the society not to ill-treat their Marathi-speaking neighbours and warned of legal action otherwise, he said.No complaint has been filed at the police station over the incident, said a police official.No reaction was available from the Gujarati resident who was accused of insulting Marathi-speaking families.In the video, Parte is also heard alleging that a housing society in a nearby locality prohibited Marathi-speaking families from cooking non-vegetarian food at home, and they were forced to order food from outside.Reacting on the issue, Mumbai BJP president and state IT and Cultural Affairs minister Ashish Shelar said “no one should commit the sin of looking down upon Marathi speaking people, their language and their culture”.”It is the stand of the Maharashtra government that Marathi language and its culture should be respected. Creating disrespect among people of different language is not acceptable to us,” he warned.Both the Raj Thackeray-led MNS and the undivided Shiv Sena have alleged in the past that Marathi-speakers were not allowed to buy or rent a flat in some areas as they eat non-vegetarian food.As elections to the Mumbai civic body are expected to be held this year, the MNS of late has been raising the demand of mandatory use of Marathi in public places including government offices and banks.
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