The alleged incident occurred late on Sunday night when Patil along with his supporters had gone to Samarpan Housing Society in Ghatkopar West suburb to distribute election campaign pamphlets and publicity material.

Patil later reported, "However, we were told by some members of the society that they would not campaign in Marathi and we were stopped from entering... They claimed that they do not allow Marathi people to campaign inside their premises. were giving and asked you to leave from there.” Media person.

SS-UBT local unit chief Pradeep Mandavkar said society members "remained adamant even after being told that we have the relevant permission as per election rules".

Expressing a strong reaction, SS-UBT MP Sanjay Raut sought to know the reaction of "those who claim that his party is the real Shiv Sena", and said that his party would overcome the challenge, as videos of the incident were shared on social media. But went viral.

Hitting back at Raut, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Nitish Rane said that if anyone tries to fuel the Gujarati-Marathi linguistic dispute, it could have an impact at the time of elections.