Mumbai: The police action against Marathi-speaking people at Yellur in Karnataka has prompted protests by political parties in Maharashtra, with the Shiv Sena calling it as an act of ‘terror’ and seeking Centre’s intervention in the ‘disputed’ region.
Displaying the same anger, the Mumbai dabbawalas protested against the ill-treatment meted out to Marathi-speaking people in Karnataka, at Lower Parel in Mumbai.
Police had on Sunday lathicharged a group of pro-Maharashtra supporters who threw stones at them at Yellur after a ‘Maharashtra Rajya’ plaque re-erected by them was removed by the district administration.
Pro-Maharashtra supporters had on Saturday re-erected a controversial signboard at Yellur after the previous one was razed to the ground by Public Works Department on Friday following a High Court order.
