Raj Thackeray triggers row with ‘hit them below ears’ remark at joint rally with Uddhav amid Hindi controversy
Raj Thackeray called upon people to hit those who do "useless drama" over not knowing Marathi.
Raj Thackeray called upon people to hit those who do "useless drama" over not knowing Marathi.
The Deputy CM's statement to media persons here came after the BJP-led Mahayuti state government issued an amended order last week, which stated that Hindi will be taught as a third language to students in Marathi and English medium schools from Class 1 to Class 5.
The Union home minister asked the Tamil Nadu chief minister to take steps to impart engineering and medical education in Tamil.
The Minister had earlier reiterated that the pending arrears of Rs 2152 crore to Tamil Nadu under the SSA programme would not be released until it accepted the NEP and implemented the three-language policy.
The DMK held a meeting at the party headquarters Anna Arivalayam, presided by Deputy Chief Minister and DMK Youth Wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin.
Pradhan stated that the Centre is conducting various competitive examinations in 13 major Indian languages, including Tamil.
After the Twitter spat between Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn and Kannada actor Kichcha Sudeep over the Hindi's status as the national language, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday extended support to Sudeep saying that regional language is the most important.
