Language row: After 20 years, Thackeray brothers share stage at mega 'victory' rally

NEW DELHI: Uddhav Thackeray and relative Raj Thackeray shared the signifier astatine a mega rally successful Mumbai organised by their parties to people the withdrawal of authorities resolutions (GRs) related to the three-language policy.

The rally is being held astatine the NSCI Dome successful cardinal Mumbai's Worli, which falls successful the assembly constituency of Shiv Sena (UBT) person Aaditya Thackeray. The gathering is besides seen arsenic important up of the upcoming section assemblage elections, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls.The past clip the 2 Thackerays came unneurotic publically was during the 2005 Malvan assembly bypoll campaign, soon aft erstwhile main curate Narayan Rane had exited the undivided Shiv Sena.

Raj went connected to discontinue the enactment aboriginal that twelvemonth and launched the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) successful 2006.Their latest quality comes successful the backdrop of protests against an April 16 authorities solution (GR) issued by the BJP-led Mahayuti government, which made Hindi a compulsory 3rd connection for students successful Classes 1 to 5 successful English and Marathi mean schools. After a crisp backlash, the authorities amended the GR connected June 17 to marque Hindi optional.

On June 29, the furniture decided to retreat some the archetypal and amended GRs altogether.That aforesaid day, leaders from some Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS burned copies of the GRs and planned a protestation march for July 5. However, pursuing the rollback, the parties scrapped the protestation and announced a associated “victory” rally instead.For the "victory" event, some parties decided to debar displaying their respective flags, symbols, oregon enactment colours during the rally, a determination wide seen arsenic a connection of taste unity implicit partisan politics.The symbolism of the lawsuit is besides being weighed against the parties’ caller electoral performances. In the 2024 Maharashtra assembly polls, Shiv Sena (UBT) won 20 seats, portion the MNS failed to unfastened its account.