Violence over Marathi unacceptable, you possibly can’t be obstinate: Fadnavis
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday stated whereas there was nothing incorrect in anticipating individuals to talk Marathi within the state, it was unacceptable to resort to violence for its insistence and that one can’t be “obstinate” about it.
He additionally warned of authorized motion towards these taking the regulation into their arms over the problem.
The CM’s remarks got here in response to a current incident by which Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) employees assaulted a meals stall proprietor in Thane district’s Bhayandar for not talking Marathi, and a businessman in Mumbai issuing an announcement declaring he wouldn’t converse Marathi regardless of having lived within the metropolis for a few years.
“You may ask individuals to talk Marathi in Maharashtra, however you can’t be obstinate about Marathi,” Fadnavis advised reporters on the premises of the Vidhan Bhavan, the state legislature advanced in Mumbai. “Marathi individuals can’t have a lot hatred towards different languages,” he added.
Cautioning towards linguistic chauvinism, he stated, “Even I’m Marathi. There are (Marathi) individuals working in different states. In the event that they get comparable therapy (there), then it isn’t truthful. Whoever takes the regulation into their arms will face authorized motion.”
He criticised the selective outrage over languages, and stated, “I generally marvel how these individuals embrace English, however create controversy over Hindi. What kind of thought course of is that this?”
Calling for constructive promotion of the language, Fadnavis stated, “In case you are actually happy with Marathi, then converse Marathi. Encourage others to talk Marathi. Begin courses to show Marathi. Why do you ship your kids to colleges the place Marathi is taught because the third language? Ship them to Marathi medium faculties.”
Based on him, the police have taken motion towards MNS employees who manhandled a businessman in Thane who couldn’t converse in Marathi.
