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Mumbai: Politics has once again heated up in Maharashtra over Hindi vs Marathi (Hindi vs Marathi) language. Raj Thackeray’s party MNS has openly challenged the government order issued to teach Hindi language in schools. From Mumbai to Thane and Nashik, Hindi books were torn and burnt in schools, and warning letters are being handed over to principals. MNS chief Raj Thackeray has directly challenged the government in a press conference and said that Hindi is not a national language, no attempt should be made to impose it. He alleged that this is a collusion between the Center and the State in the name of National Education Policy, which is the result of pressure from the IAS lobby.
Raj Thackeray threatens
The controversy over teaching Hindi to school children in schools in Maharashtra has again arisen. MNS chief Raj Thackeray held a press conference and threatened the government in his own language, saying that let’s see how schools teach Hindi to students. After this, MNS workers are going to different schools and giving letters to the principal, and at some places Hindi books have also been burnt and torn.
What is the government’s decision?
The word compulsory has been removed from teaching Hindi language in schools in Maharashtra, but it will be taught as the third language after Marathi and English, this has been made clear by the new GR of the state government. The word compulsory has been withdrawn regarding teaching Hindi as the third language from class 1 to 5, but Hindi will be taught as the third language in general. A new government decision of the School Education Department has been issued, which states that the three-language formula will be adopted from class one. If more than 20 students in the class want to learn another language instead of Hindi, then teachers of that language will be provided or that language will be taught online.
What did Raj Thackeray say?
Now after this decision of the government, MNS has adopted an aggressive stance. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray said that the Maharashtra government has taken a decision to make Hindi compulsory from first to fifth standard. On June 17, I had written a letter to not do this. Hindi is not a national language. Today I am sending a letter to the principals of all the schools in the state. The CM had told me that we are taking back the decision of making Hindi compulsory, due to which I had written this letter 5 days ago, which I am now sending to the school principals. He said that Hindi is just a state language, not a national language. Do not teach all this to new children. Whatever language he has to learn, he will understand it when he grows up. Is there pressure from the IAS lobby? So why is there pressure for a third language here?”
After Raj Thackeray’s statement, workers and officials of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena are visiting schools and meeting the school teachers and giving them letters. But MNS workers have not stopped even at this, rather they have bought Hindi books from shops and torn them and burnt them. At some places, the book has been torn and thrown in the air.
Education Minister Dada Bhuse gave clarification
State Education Minister Dada Bhuse has also given clarification on this entire controversy. The Education Minister said that, I have a request to you that where is the word compulsory in the new government decision. First of all, Marathi is compulsory in all medium schools. Whether it is English or other medium schools, it is compulsory. Hindi is a subject from class 5 for the last few years, there are some language schools, their language is Marathi and the third language is Hindi, which is being taught for some years. It has been decided to provide a third language to students from class 1 to 5 who are interested in the third language.
What did the Congress say?
Now on this issue Politics has also started regarding this. Congress has also jumped into this matter. Surrounding the state government, Congress state president Harshvardhan Sapkal said that the three-language formula was implemented by Nehru ji. Every mother tongue should be protected. If Hindi is being strictly imposed then it is illogical. Marathi is not just a language but a culture. This is the agenda of RSS. An attempt has been made to deceive by using the word compulsory.
What did Chief Minister Fadnavis say?
Reacting to this controversy, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that “We all reward English and despise Indian languages, this is not right. I have spoken to Raj Thackeray, he said that there should be only two languages and do not impose a third language. I told him that the central government has brought a 3 language policy in the entire country with proper deliberation in the National Education Policy. NEP is for the entire country and Maharashtra cannot adopt a two-language policy. Tamil Nadu had gone to court against the 3 language policy, which was also not accepted by the court. While learning their regional language, if a student learns an additional language, what is wrong in it? The additional language will help in increasing their knowledge. NEP was brought after extensive discussions with experts. We have removed the condition of making Hindi language compulsory as the third language in the new GR. Now you will be able to choose any Indian language as the third language. The 3 language policy is as per NEP. If there are about 20 students available to learn a particular Indian language, then a teacher will be provided or it can also be taught online. I just want to say one thing that
