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Sanjay Raut backs ‘Karachi Sweets’ after Shiv Sena functionary orders shop to change its name

In a video that is doing rounds on social media, Shiv Sena leader Nitin Nandgaonkar is seen asking the owner of Karachi Sweets in Mumbai's Bandra West to change the name of the shop to something "which is not related to Karachi".

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Sanjay Raut backs 'Karachi Sweets' after Shiv Sena functionary orders shop to change its name

In a video that is doing rounds on social media, Shiv Sena leader Nitin Nandgaonkar is seen asking the owner of Karachi Sweets in Mumbai’s Bandra West to change the name of the shop to something “which is not related to Karachi”. The owner then tries to explain to Nandgaonkar that the name was given by his ancestors because they had come from Karachi after the partition, to which the Shiv Sena leader argues that he can name his shop after anything, his ancestors or himself but not Karachi because it is a place associated with terrorists.

Senior Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday said that the demand to rename Karachi Bakery and Karachi Bakery and Karachi Sweets is futile.

Taking it to Twitter, Rajya Sabha MP wrote, “Karachi bakery and Karachi sweets have been in Mumbai since last 60 years. They have nothing to do with Pakistan. It makes no sense to ask for changing their names now. Demand for changing their name is not shivsena’s official stance.”

Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam also reacted to the video and said that chief minister Uddhav Thackeray should protect the shop owner.

In a tweet, Nirupam said, “Like Chinese food in Indian restaurants has no connection with China, similarly Karachi Sweets in Bandra has nothing to do with Pakistan. When will the unintelligent Shiv Sena workers under this? Threatening to change the name of a 70-year-old shop is wrong. The chief minister should not merely see this spectacle, but must help him.”

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