With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Maharashtra government unwilling to budge on its decision to make Hindi a compulsory language from Std I, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has urged the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to intervene and put a stop to the move.

In a letter addressed to the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande has mentioned that enforcing Hindi as a compulsory language under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 would be met with resistance in many states with strong regional identities, ultimately weakening Hindu unity. “Instead of uniting Hindus, the government's move will create division in the broader Hindu community,” the MNS leader stated in his letter.