Nagpur, July 19 -- As Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray challenged BJP MP Nishikant Dubey to visit Mumbai warning he would be drowned and beaten in the sea amid the ongoing language row, BJP MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar on Saturday said that people of the country respect the Constitution and police will be there to prevent any such attempts.

"Koi kisi ko samundar mein duba ke maar nahi sakta (No one can drown and beat someone in the sea). In this country, we respect the Constitution. To safeguard the Constitution, there is no dearth of people like Tukaram Omble. If someone goes to drown someone, there would be several police personnel who would stop you," Mungantiwar told ANI.

Thackeray and Nishikant Dubey are engaged in a war of...