Amidst the ongoing uproar in Maharashtra over Hindi, CM Devendra Fadnavis announced the cancellation of the order. Uddhav Thackeray reacted to this. He said that the government lost in front of the power of Marathi Manus.
Hindi in Maharashtra: After the withdrawal of the government order regarding Hindi in Maharashtra schools, former Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) President Uddhav Thackeray said that this is the victory of Marathi Manus. Targeting the Fadnavis government, he said that the government did not realize that Marathi Manus would unite in this way.
Uddhav Thackeray said, “The government lost to the power of Marathi Manus. The government withdrew the GR so that Marathi Manus could not unite for the July 5 Morcha.”
Declaration of Vijay Morcha
On the allegations of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, he said that BJP is a factory of lies. He also said that after the withdrawal of GR on Hindi in Maharashtra schools, Vijay Morcha will be taken out on July 5.
What was in the order?
The Maharashtra government had issued an order on June 17, stating that Hindi will be taught as a third language as a normal course to students of classes 1 to 5 in Marathi and English medium schools. Opposition parties became aggressive against this decision.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray announced a protest march on July 5. The two brothers were going to be seen together on stage after nearly 20 years.
CM announced
The CM himself announced the withdrawal of the order. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, along with Deputy CM Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, held a press conference on Sunday (June 29) and said that a committee has been formed under the chairmanship of educationist Narendra Jadhav to implement the language policy and suggest the way forward.
According to news agency PTI, Fadnavis alleged that Uddhav Thackeray, as chief minister, had accepted the recommendations of the Dr Raghunath Mashelkar committee to implement the three-language policy from Class 1 to 12 and had set up a committee on the implementation of the policy.
Fadnavis said, “The state cabinet has decided to withdraw two government orders (GR) issued in April and June regarding the implementation of the ‘three-language’ policy from Class I. A committee will be formed under the chairmanship of Dr Narendra Jadhav to recommend the implementation (of the three-language policy).”