Uddhav Sena Clarifies Stance: Not Anti-Hindi; Distances Itself From Stalin’s Stance On Language Policy | India News
A day after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin extended support to Uddhav and Raj Thackeray in their fight against Hindi imposition, Uddhav Sena MP Sanjay Raut clarified that the Thackeray brothers’ stance is only against Hindi imposition in primary schools.
“The Southern states have been fighting for this issue for years. Their stand against the imposition of Hindi means they will not speak Hindi and neither let anyone speak Hindi. But that is not our stand in Maharashtra. We speak Hindi… Our stand is that the strictness for Hindi in primary schools will not be tolerated. Our fight is limited to this,” ANI quoted Raut as saying.
Raut said Uddhav Sena’s stance on language policy is different from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s, as the party is only opposed to the imposition of Hindi in primary education.
“MK Stalin has congratulated us on this win of ours and said that he will learn from this. We wish him the best. But we haven’t stopped anyone from speaking in Hindi because we have Hindi movies, Hindi theatre, and Hindi music here… Our fight is only against imposition of Hindi in primary education… Yes, the two brothers have come together for politics, but what have they come together for?” ANI quoted Raut as saying.
On Saturday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin welcomed the reunion of estranged cousins Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray over the Maharashtra government’s withdrawal of orders implementing the three-language policy.
Stalin’s remarks came after Uddhav and Raj Thackeray appeared together in public for the first time in 20 years to celebrate the move. The cousins shared the stage, embraced, and declared that the “distance” between them was now gone.
In a post on X, Stalin said, “The language rights struggle, waged generation after generation by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the people of Tamil Nadu to defeat Hindi imposition, has now transcended state boundaries and is swirling like a storm of protest in Maharashtra.”
Praising Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister Stalin said, “The enthusiasm and powerful oratory of the victory rally held today in Mumbai under the leadership of brother #UddhavThackeray against Hindi imposition fills us with immense excitement,” Stalin said in the post.
