On the state government’s decision to re-include Hindi as the third language in Maharashtra, the cousins Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray, who were separately, came together and celebrated. Now, on Sunday, the Uddhav Sena has slightly separated himself from the support of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, in which Stalin supported the Thackeray brothers in protest against Hindi. Uddhav Sena says that their opposition is limited to making Hindi mandatory only in primary schools.
Our fight is limited to here: Sanjay Raut
Uddhav Sena MP Sanjay Raut made it clear, ‘His (Stalin’s) stance against being imposed Hindi means that he will not speak Hindi nor will anyone let anyone speak Hindi. But our attitude in Maharashtra is not like this. We speak Hindi. Our attitude is that strictness for Hindi will not be tolerated in primary schools. Our fight is limited here.
Raut, clarifying that the Thackeray brothers’ stance is only against imposing Hindi in primary schools, wished Stalin in his fight, as well as drawn his limits. He said, ‘We have not stopped anyone from speaking in Hindi because we have Hindi films, Hindi theater and Hindi music. Our fight is only against imposing Hindi in primary education.
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Stalin welcomed the unity of Thackeray brothers
A few hours after Uddhav and Raj Thackeray came on the same stage for the first time in nearly two decades, Stalin, who has been in dispute with the Center on the issue of imposing Hindi, welcomed the cousin’s stand on the issue.
Talking on X, Stalin wrote, ‘Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the people of Tamil Nadu to defeat Hindi, the language rights struggle has now crossed the state boundaries and is moving like a storm of protest in Maharashtra.
Welcoming the reunion of the separated cousins, Stalin had said, “The enthusiasm and powerful speech of the victory rally held in Mumbai today led by brother #Uddhavathakare to fill us with immense enthusiasm.”