Mumbai:
The row of “Hindi Imposition” has spread from the south to Maharashtra, with the movement of the state government to introduce Hindi as a mandatory third language for the primary section in marathi and English medium schools. The opposition congress and Raj Tackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena had raised strong objections.
MNS Chief Raj Tackeray, in a post on X, closed today's order and today's three-language policy.
Mr Tackeray – whose party wants a “marathi first” policy – had also spoken about the resistance of South to Hindi, and said that Maharashtra should follow their example.
Today's post of the MNS chef, however, was much sharper and was directly focused on the center.
“Whatever your trilingual formula is, limit them to government affairs, don't bring it to education,” he wrote. The MNS, he added, “will not allow the current efforts of the central government to” succeed in “Hindi,” in this state. “
“We are not Hindi but not Hindi! If you try to paint Maharashtra as Hindi, then there is bound to be a struggle in Maharashtra. If you look at all this, you will realize that the government deliberately creates this fight. Is this all an attempt to make a battle between Marathi and Nonmarathi in the upcoming elections?” he added.
Minister President Devendra Fadnavis has defended the state of the State and praised the language policy of the center.
“If someone wants to learn English, they can learn English. If someone wants to learn a different language, there is no ban on someone to learn other languages. Everyone should know Marathi. Other languages of our country should also be known. The central government has thought about this.
The resistance to Hindi in classrooms in the south is led by Tamil Nadu, which has a policy of two languages and is under central pressure to introduce a third party.
The ruling DMK of the State has claimed that national education policy is intended to force cultural homogenization that will rob India of its diversity and the southern states of their different cultural identity.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin had claimed that 25 Indian languages, including Marathi, had suffered because various States had adopted Hindi. His son Udhayanidhi Stalin had even given a list of languages that are about to die due to a lack of use.
