A group of RPI activists stormed the channel office in suburban Andheri and damaged furnitures, police said.

The group was protesting against the private channel for the ‘injustice’ to Athawale, who heads the largest faction of the RPI, they added.

In neighbouring Thane, party activists blocked the Eastern Express Highway, burnt effigy of show host Shilpa Shetty and denounced the newly-launched channel for ‘sidelining’ their leader.

Athawale, a Lok Sabha MP from Pandharpur, has threatened to move the court, alleging he was dropped from the reality show because of his caste. Athawale said his name had been finalised by the channel but later dropped.

"When I asked the channel about it, they replied that I was too high-profile to fit in the show," the former Maharashtra Minister said on Monday.