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MNS Style: Influencer Forced to Apologize Before Raj Thackeray Photo
A social media influencer named Mahesh Mote made a video that MNS workers said insulted Raj Thackeray.
The workers found him after he returned to Pune.
They took him to an MNS office in Katraj.
There, they reportedly made him bow before Raj Thackeray’s picture.
They also made him do sit-ups and put black ink on his face.
Mote then recorded a tearful apology.
MNS leader Shubham Jagdale said this was the party’s way of responding to insults.
Mote said he was sorry and asked the workers not to trouble him anymore.
MNS workers in Pune allegedly detained influencer Mahesh Mote over a reel said to mock Raj Thackeray.
Mote was reportedly made to prostrate before Raj Thackeray’s photograph, perform sit-ups, and record an apology.
MNS workers also allegedly smeared black ink on Mote’s face during the incident.
MNS leader Shubham Jagdale said the reel contained abusive remarks and described the treatment as “MNS style” and “Mahaprasad.”
Mote said in a tearful video that he unconditionally apologised and asked not to be harassed further.
- Who
- Influencer Mahesh Mote and workers of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, including leader Shubham Jagdale.
- What
- Mote was reportedly detained, humiliated, and made to record an apology over a reel allegedly mocking Raj Thackeray.
- Where
- Mote was apprehended in Katraj, Pune, and taken to an MNS public relations office.
- When
- The reel was reportedly posted about 15 days before the incident; Mote had been in Kerala for roughly 15–20 days before returning.
- Why
- MNS workers alleged that Mote used abusive or inappropriate language about Raj Thackeray and other MNS office-bearers.
Reported Humiliation
MNS Justification
Treatment of the influencer
Reported Humiliation
Mote was reportedly subjected to coercive and humiliating acts, including prostrating before a photograph, performing sit-ups, and recording an apology while crying.
MNS Justification
MNS leader Shubham Jagdale described the actions as the party’s customary response to remarks insulting Raj Thackeray and said others making similar remarks would face the same treatment.
Reason for the confrontation
Reported Humiliation
The incident followed a reel that allegedly mocked or used inappropriate language about Raj Thackeray and MNS office-bearers.
MNS Justification
Jagdale alleged that the reel contained extremely abusive language and said Mote needed to apologise to Raj Thackeray and the party.
Key facts
- Influencer
- Mahesh Mote
- Political party
- Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)
- Party chief mentioned
- Raj Thackeray
- Reported location
- Katraj, Pune
- Alleged response
- Prostration, sit-ups, black ink on the face, and a recorded apology
- MNS official cited
- Shubham Jagdale
- MNS description
- “MNS style” and “Mahaprasad”
Quotes
Shubham Jagdale
MNS sub-divisional president for the Hadapsar Assembly constituency
“I inadvertently said something wrong about Raj Saheb, and I also mistakenly spoke inappropriately about Shubham Dada and other MNS office-bearers. Today, I deeply regret my mistake. Because of this reel, I have found myself in this predicament. I sincerely apologise to the MNS party and to all of you.”
NDTV
“We brought him to our office and made him lie down before a portrait of the respected Raj Saheb Thackeray and demanded an apology.”
NDTV
Sources
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