The MNS chief requested the folks of Maharashtra to remain alert and foil any plan of the federal government to impose Hindi. The BJP-led authorities not too long ago withdrew two orders making Hindi obligatory in major colleges following sturdy opposition.
In a fiery speech at a public rally in Thane, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray issued a stern warning to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, declaring that if the state authorities goes forward with plans to make Hindi obligatory from Lessons 1 to five, his occasion wouldn’t hesitate to close down colleges throughout Maharashtra. Talking at a rally at Mira Bhayandar within the district, he urged Maharashtrians to withstand any makes an attempt by the federal government to impose Hindi at the price of the Marathi language.
His assertion comes amid rising tensions surrounding language coverage within the state. Lately, MNS employees allegedly assaulted a neighborhood shopkeeper for refusing to converse in Marathi. The incident drew sharp criticism and highlighted the occasion’s aggressive stance on selling regional language delight. Dealing with widespread opposition, the BJP-led state authorities has since withdrawn two official orders that had made Hindi obligatory in major training.
Three-language components underneath assessment
Nevertheless, on Thursday, Fadnavis asserted that the federal government will definitely introduce the three-language components, however whether or not Hindi must be taught from Class 1 or Class 5 will probably be determined by the committee appointed to review the difficulty. Raj Thackeray, in his speech, dared Fadnavis to impose Hindi. “After they tried it as soon as, we had shut down outlets, and now we is not going to hesitate to close down colleges if Hindi is imposed (from Class 1 to five),” he mentioned.
Fears over Mumbai’s id
It was unlucky that the chief minister of Maharashtra was striving to make Hindi obligatory, the MNS chief mentioned. By imposing Hindi, the federal government was testing the folks’s response as it will definitely wished to connect Mumbai to Gujarat, Thackeray alleged. Hindi was simply “200 years outdated” whereas Marathi has a historical past of two,500-3,000 years, he mentioned. When migrants from Bihar have been overwhelmed up and pushed away in Gujarat, it didn’t develop into a problem, however a minor incident in Maharashtra turns into a nationwide difficulty, Raj Thackeray alleged.
Verbal assault on BJP leaders
He additionally got here down closely on BJP MP Nishikant Dubey over his reported “patak patak ke marenge” comment, daring him to come back to Mumbai. “Duba-duba ke marenge (will drown him),” Thackeray mentioned. He additionally referred to Morarji Desai and Vallabhbhai Patel’s alleged anti-Marathi stand after independence. Maharashtrians ought to insist on talking in Marathi in all places within the state and make others communicate the language, he mentioned. Below the garb of Hindutva, there may be an try to impose Hindi, he mentioned. Nevertheless, Thackeray additionally acknowledged that he can communicate Hindi higher than some other politician in Maharashtra as his father was fluent in Hindi, and he was not towards any language per se however opposed its imposition.
(With inputs from PTI)
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