The Shiv Sena, which had a reputation for decades of being a hardliner Hindutva party, had mellowed down since Uddhav Thackeray became a chief minister by joining hands with secular outfits Congress and NCP last November.

The party is slowly reverting to its original flavor that is aggression which is evident from the way it handled actor Kangana Ranaut’s criticism of Mumbai police and Arnab Goswami’s abetment to suicide case.

Flaring up the India-Pakistan issue once again, a Shiv Sena leader has allegedly threatened a Sindhi shopkeeper in Bandra, Mumbai over his shop’s name-Karachi Sweets.

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In the video, the owner of Karachi Sweets is heard telling Nandgaonkar that his family had migrated from Karachi. He also pleaded that the shop was registered in this name.

"It does not matter whether you are Hindu or Muslim. In Mumbai, you cannot use the word 'Karachi. Change 'Karachi' to something in Marathi. The name Karachi or anything related to Pakistan will not be used in Mumbai as jawans are dying at the border and Pakistan sponsors terrorism," the Sena leader Nitin Nandgaonkar told the shopkeeper.

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Nandgaonkar himself posted the video on Facebook which has gone viral on social media.

At the end of the video, Nandgaonkar tells the owner that he will return after 15 days and that he can contact him if he needs any kind of assistance in changing the name.

He even asked the owner to rename Karachi Sweets after one of his forefathers, who had migrated from Karachi during Partition.

The shop owner has now covered the name of the shop with newspapers. No action has been taken against Nandgaonkar yet.

In 2009, a Karachi Sweets outlet in the Mulund area of Mumbai changed its name after threats from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.