Hindi Ro: Congress slam Thackeray brother for Hogging Credit for the government’s rollback; Doubt on reunion Bharat News
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday slammed Udhav and Raj Thackeray to hog to force the government to retreat from their decision to introduce Hindi as the third language in Maharashtra schools.Uddhav and Raj organized a joint victory rally in Mumbai, Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwordan Sapkal reminded the cousins that the government’s move was opposed by various sections of the society and not only by him.“If Thackeray wants to celebrate the return of GRS, it’s good,” Sapkal said.He said, “Everyone fought against grade one (in state schools) against the implementation of Hindi (language),” he said.Sapkal claimed that he himself wrote letters to 600 people from different classes to unite against GRS and organized a series of meetings associated with academics and Marathi language experts.It came together at the “Awaz Maratha” rally after the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navneman Sena (MNS) chiefs, which they had called the government’s dialect to “impose” “Hindi” on Maharashtra, to celebrate Rollback on it.During the rally, Raj and Uddhav formed an alliance with MNS for the upcoming local body elections, especially the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections, the end of this year.Raj Thackeray said, “What Balasaheb Thackeray could not do, Chief Minister Fadnavis has managed to do it.”Uddhav said, “We have come together to live together,” Udhav Thackeray said while addressing the gathering. ,On the speculation of a possible alliance, Sapkal was suspicious and said that the Hindi language celebrated the return of GRS and a possible political alliance between the two cousins was two different issues.Prithviraj Chavan said, “It’s okay if Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray claimed credit for the return of GRS. If they come together politically, our best wishes.”Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray came together on a public stage after 20 years. He last shared a platform during the Malvan Assembly Bipol campaign in 2005. After this, former Chief Minister Narayan Rane left the undivided Shiv Sena. Raj Thackeray left the party later that year and launched MNS in 2006.
