Uddhav Sena distances itself from MK Stalin remark, says it only opposes Hindi imposition in schools
The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) on Sunday distanced itself from remarks made by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on defeating “Hindi imposition”, clarifying that the party is not against the language.
“Our stand is that the strictness for Hindi in primary schools will not be tolerated,” Uddhav Sena MP Sanjay Raut said. “Our fight is limited to this”.
Raut added that the stand of southern states against Hindi imposition is that they “will neither speak the language nor allow anyone else to speak it” there.
“But that is not our stand in Maharashtra,” he said. “We speak Hindi…We haven’t stopped anyone from speaking in Hindi because we have Hindi movies, Hindi theatre and Hindi music.”
On Saturday, Stalin said that Tamil Nadu’s “language rights struggle, waged generation after generation” against Hindi imposition had now transcended state boundaries and had stirred a protest in Maharashtra.
The Tamil Nadu chief minister’s statement came hours after a “victory rally” was held in Mumbai by Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and his cousin Raj Thackeray, the leader of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, to celebrate the state government’s decision to withdraw its policy of teaching Hindi as a third language in primary schools.
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