With the tensions over Marathi language in Maharashtra escalating, state Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said that hooliganism in the name of language will not be tolerated in the state.
Fadnavis made it clear that the state government won’t sit quietly if someone engages in hooliganism in the name of language.
Interacting with the media on Friday, Fadnavis said, “Having pride in the Marathi language is not wrong, but if someone engages in hooliganism in the name of language, we will not tolerate it,” adding, “If anyone resorts to violence based on language, it will not be tolerated.”
His remarks arrived days after a group of men, wearing Raj Thackeray-led party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) scarves, thrashed a food stall owner for not speaking Marathi in Thane’s Bhayander.