Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) founder-president Raj Thackeray on Tuesday lashed out against RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for his remarks on the language issue during his two-day interaction in Mumbai over the weekend, which was also strongly criticised by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP and chief Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut earlier.
Following the incident, the Opposition has demanded a law to deal with "crimes over language".
"Maine Raj Thackeray ko Hindi sikha di," Dubey wrote on X in response to the MNS chief's threat that if Dubey comes to Mumbai, they would drown him in the sea many times.
A simmering linguistic controversy has erupted in Jharkhand following the state government's release of the draft rules for the 2025 Jharkhand Teacher Eligibility Test (JTET).
Reacting to Hindi’s imposition across schools in Maharashtra, Supriya Sule said that Marathi is the soul of Maharashtra, adding the move is “a conspiracy to finish our SSC board.”
Although he didn’t criticize the Tamil Nadu government’s stand outright, he pointed out, “Hindi is the national language and the international language is English.”
The first part of the Budget session drew to a close on February 13.
However, moments later Ram Gopal Varma said: “Nothing can drive the point better than ur question on, what if you answer in Kannada to a Hindi tweet from @ajaydevgn .. Kudos to you and I hope everyone realises there’s no north and south and India is 1.”
The issue snowballed into a major controversy when the local administration of Kasaragod district was alleged to have come up with a proposal to change the names of many villages derived from Kannada language, to that of Malayalam.
