'Madrasas Should Teach Marathi': Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane Stirs Row

Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane has sparked a political firestorm after making controversial remarks suggesting that madrasas should replace Urdu with Marathi as the medium of instruction—and that the Islamic call to prayer, or Azaan, should also be delivered in Marathi.

The comments came as a reaction to the Congress party’s recent efforts to establish Marathi pathshalas in select areas of Mumbai. Dismissing the move as superficial, Rane said that there was no need for separate Marathi schools and instead of Urdu, madrasas should teach Marathi. "Otherwise, all one gets from there is a gun,” he said, as per a report on India Today.

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