Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil, who had to resign from the previous state cabinet in the wake of his remarks over 26/11 terror attacks, has worked hard to brush up his skill to communicate in Hindi but would prefer speaking in his mother tongue while interacting with media. The reason is obvious.

The 51-year-old leader had to quit after facing flak for his remark in Hindi "bade shahron mein aise ek-adh hadse ho jate hain" (in big cities one-two such incidences happens).