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In a landmark governmental moment, estranged cousins Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray shared the signifier for the archetypal clip successful astir 20 years astatine a high-profile rally successful Mumbai.
The lawsuit marked a uncommon amusement of unity betwixt the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and the Shiv Sena (UBT), centered astir the defence of Marathi individuality and absorption to the arguable three-language policy.
Addressing the crowd, MNS main Raj Thackeray said, "Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has achieved what adjacent Balasaheb Thackeray could not — bringing Uddhav and maine backmost together."
He went connected to assertion that the authorities government’s caller rollback of the three-language look came lone aft beardown nationalist absorption from Marathi-speaking citizens.
“This connection argumentation was conscionable the opening of a larger program to abstracted Mumbai from Maharashtra,” Raj alleged.
Drawing comparisons with confederate states, Raj said, “Many politicians and movie stars successful Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh studied successful English-medium schools, but they inactive instrumentality immense pridefulness successful their parent tongues. We indispensable bash the aforesaid for Marathi.”
In his address, Uddhav Thackeray emphasized that this reunion was not temporary. “We person travel unneurotic to enactment together,” helium declared, hinting astatine continued collaboration betwixt the 2 parties.
The rally, seen arsenic a strategical and symbolic show of strength, could reshape alliances successful Maharashtra’s evolving governmental landscape, particularly arsenic some leaders effort to reclaim their accepted Marathi elector base.
PTI inputs