Marathi cause reunites Thackeray brothers, to hold joint mega rally in Mumbai

NEW DELHI: For the archetypal clip successful 20 years, Shiv Sena (UBT) main Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray volition stock the signifier connected Saturday. The 2 leaders volition code a associated "victory" rally 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.Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, whose parties person been vocal connected the issues of Marathi connection and identity, 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.The rally comes successful the backdrop of protests against the April 16 GR issued by the BJP-led Mahayuti authorities successful Maharashtra, which made Hindi a compulsory 3rd connection for students from Classes 1 to 5 successful English and Marathi mean schools. Following backlash, the authorities amended the GR connected June 17, making Hindi optional.

On June 29, the furniture decided to retreat some GRs entirely.On the aforesaid day, leaders from Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS had burnt copies of the GRs and had planned a protestation march for July 5. After the rollback, some parties decided to clasp a associated "victory" lawsuit instead. Uddhav and Raj had past said the authorities blinked aft witnessing the unity of Maharashtrians and did not privation them to travel together.Though the 2 parties person chosen not to show immoderate enactment flags, symbols, hoardings oregon scarves during the event, the governmental value of the rally is being seen successful the backdrop of their caller electoral performance.

In the 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections, the Shiv Sena (UBT) won 20 seats portion the MNS failed to triumph any.The parties person invited different governmental groups that opposed the GRs, arsenic good arsenic members of the literate and creation community, to instrumentality portion successful the rally.The Congress, a spouse successful the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) confederation with Shiv Sena (UBT), has nevertheless said it volition not be the event. State Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal said the enactment supports the basal against making Hindi mandatory but volition not articulation the rally.NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) president Sharad Pawar besides said successful Pune connected Thursday that helium would not beryllium attending owed to anterior commitments. However, NCP (SP) authorities president Jayant Patil said the enactment would beryllium represented either by moving president Supriya Sule oregon MLA Jitendra Awhad. Patil said MNS person Bala Nandgaonkar had personally invited the NCP (SP).The rally takes spot amid caller incidents involving some parties. MNS activists were seen connected camera assaulting a nutrient stall proprietor for not speaking Marathi. In different case, 2 radical were made to apologise to a antheral successful beforehand of Shiv Sena (UBT) person Rajan Vichare for allegedly attacking him. “Speak successful Marathi since you person deed a Marathi person,” a dependable is heard telling 1 of the 2 men portion helium tries to accidental thing to Vichare, a erstwhile MP from Thane.