Will not allow compulsion of Hindi in Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray

Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday asserted that his party will not allow making Hindi compulsory in Maharashtra after the state government decided to make Hindi mandatory in schools reported the PTIThe state government approved the implementation of the National Education Policy NEP 2020 introducing Hindi as a mandatory third language for students from Class 1 to Class 5 in Marathi and Englishmedium schoolsAddressing an event of the Bharatiya Kamgar Sena the workers wing of the Shiv Sena UBT Uddhav Thackeray said his party has no aversion to the Hindi language but asked why it is being forcedUddhav Thackeray claimed it is the ruling BJPs mission not to let people unite and to keep them under constant pressure so that they are occupied with their worriesWe will not allow making Hindi compulsory in Maharashtra he said according to the PTIHis remarks come amid the oppositions outcry over the Maharashtra governments decision on Hindi in schoolsThe former Maharashtra CM said We will do everything if you ask us with affection but if you impose anything we will oppose it Why this force for learning Hindi as per the PTIHe pointed out that it was his government that decided to make learning Marathi in the state compulsoryYou have to say Jai Maharashtra if you want to live in the state Uddhav Thackeray added the news agency reportedTargeting Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavisled Mahayuti he asked if the state government was working for those who want to finish off Maharashtra and MarathiHe further slammed Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde saying how his party can be subservient to those doing injustice to Marathi and then claim to be the inheritors of Bal Thackerays legacyReferring to senior RSS leader Bhaiyyaji Joshis remarks earlier that any individual coming to Mumbai may not necessarily learn Marathi the Shiv Sena UBT chief said that Marathi should be made compulsory in Ghatkopar a predominantly Gujaratispeaking suburb of the city reported the PTIOn the Waqf Amendment Act 2025 he said his party opposed the legislation because nonMuslims are appointed on the Waqf BoardThen my basic question is what is the guarantee that you the government will not appoint nonHindus to Hindu religious organisations This is the same question the Supreme Court has asked the government on the Waqf Act Uddhav Thackeray remarked the PTI reportedHe further claimed that his government was toppled because as a chief minister he had stalled the implementation of labour codes in the stateThackeray said that in workplaces where the Bharatiya Kamgar Sena union has a presence party men should be hired to fill vacancieswith PTI inputsatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params