Hindi row: Cong slams Thackeray cousins for hogging credit for govt's rollback

NEW DELHI: Congress connected Saturday slammed Uddhav and Raj Thackeray for hogging the recognition for compelling the authorities to retreat from its determination to present Hindi arsenic a 3rd connection successful Maharashtra schools.Hours aft Uddhav and Raj held a associated triumph rally successful Mumbai, Maharashtra Congress main Harshwardhan Sapkal reminded the cousins that the government's determination was opposed by assorted sections of the nine and not conscionable by them."If the Thackerays privation to observe the withdrawal of GRs, it's good," Sapkal said."Everyone fought against the imposition of Hindi (language) from people 1 (in authorities schools)," helium added.Sapkal claimed that helium himself had written letters to 600 radical from assorted sections to unite successful absorption to the GRs and organised a bid of meetings involving educationists and Marathi connection experts.This comes aft Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chiefs came unneurotic astatine the "Awaz Marathicha" rally to observe the rollback connected what they called the government's bid to "impose" Hindi implicit Maharashtra.

During the rally, Raj and Uddhav hinted astatine an confederation with MNS for the upcoming section assemblage elections, particularly the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation election, apt to beryllium held aboriginal this year."What Balasaheb Thackeray could not do, main curate Fadnavis has managed to do," Raj Thackeray said."We person travel unneurotic to enactment together," Uddhav Thackeray said portion addressing the gathering," Uddhav said.On the speculation of a imaginable alliance, Sapkal appeared skeptical and said that celebrating the withdrawal of Hindi connection GRs and a imaginable governmental confederation betwixt the 2 cousins were 2 abstracted issues."It's good if Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray assertion recognition for the withdrawal of the GRs. If they travel unneurotic politically, our champion wishes," Prithviraj Chavan said.Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray came unneurotic connected a nationalist level aft 20 years. They past shared a signifier successful 2005 during the Malvan assembly bypoll campaign. That was aft erstwhile main curate Narayan Rane had near the undivided Shiv Sena. Raj Thackeray discontinue the enactment aboriginal that twelvemonth and launched the MNS successful 2006.