TN’s victory voice echoed in Maharashtra

Most states that have accepted the two-language policy, are now refusing to accept the three-language policy of the union government. They are accusing the union government of trying to impose Hindi through their three-language policy.
Tamil Nadu is the first state to lead the protest against Hindi imposition. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has been pulling all the strings to thwart the union government’s efforts to impose Hindi. He has firmly stated that the three-language policy will never be accepted in the state. That is also the mindset of the people of the state.
Be it AIADMK, PMK, DMDK, TMC, AMMK, NTK, whichever the party may be, if they support the three-language policy, it is certain they will lose their place in the state politics. The state BJP has no option other than supporting it. Even then, they are reading it out hesitantly.
Now, following Tamil Nadu, in the state of Maharashtra, there has been strong opposition to the imposition of Hindi in the name of the three-language plan. In Maharashtra, a National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis is functioning. The Maharashtra government recently accepted the three-language policy.
The Maharashtra government issued a new government order this April stating that Hindi will be taught in schools from classes I to V. It was announced that in Marathi and English medium schools, from Class I, Hindi will be taught as the third common language.
Opposition parties and Marathi language organizations are expressing condemnation saying that this is an attempt to impose the Hindi language. There was massive opposition in the state to the government’s decision. Even the state Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar expressed his opposition to the decision to teach Hindi from Class I.
Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray, who has long been politically opposed to the imposition of Hindi in primary schools in Maharashtra, and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Raj Thackeray jointly announced that a massive rally would be conducted on July 5. Similarly, Shiv Sena also announced that further protests would be carried out.
Because of this, there was great tension in Maharashtra state politics. Now, the Maharashtra government has backed down on the three-language policy issue. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has cancelled the order to teach Hindi as the third language in Maharashtra. This is a huge victory for the protest against the three-language policy.
Following this, the rally that was scheduled to be held in Maharashtra on July 5 has been called off. The voice raised against the three-language policy in Tamil Nadu has now reached Maharashtra. Saying that this is another victory for Tamil Nadu’s two-language policy would not be an exaggeration!