Overview
- During a visit to Government Polytechnic Pune on Monday, August 31, Amit Thackeray ordered MNS workers to take down a portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after objecting to its placement next to Shivaji and Ambedkar.
- A college staff member filed a complaint saying Thackeray and about 20–25 supporters entered the principal’s office without permission, removed the photograph and threatened staff, leading Chaturshringi police to register an FIR.
- The FIR names Amit Thackeray and 20–25 unidentified MNS workers and invokes sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Maharashtra Police Act for alleged unlawful entry, intimidation and disturbance, and the police said their probe is ongoing.
- The college administration reinstalled the Prime Minister’s portrait after BJP objections and local leaders criticised the removal as a breach of official display protocol.
- The episode began as an inspection of student facilities and canteen hygiene that uncovered rotten food, and it underscores how campus grievances and regional-icon politics can trigger legal action and wider political escalation.