Uddhav Thackeray Meets Fadnavis Amid Row Over Hindi In Primary Schools News24 –

By Correspondent On Jul 17, 2025

Amid the ongoing row over the imposition of Hindi in primary schools, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray met Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday. The meeting took place in the office of Legislative Council Chairman Ram Shinde. Their meeting lasted about 20 minutes.

Mumbai | Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray met Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis today. The meeting took place in the office of Legislative Council Chairman Ram Shinde. Their meeting lasted about 20 minutes.

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Thackeray handed over a compilation of news articles opposing the introduction of Hindi as a third language in Maharashtra, citing concerns of alleged linguistic imposition.

Shiv Sena (UBT): Not against the Hindi language

Earlier, Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief clarified that his party is not against the Hindi language but accused certain groups of comparing Marathi people to terrorists and undermining Marathi identity.

The meeting came a day after the Maharashtra Chief Minister took a veiled dig at Uddhav Thackeray, inviting him to join the treasury benches (ruling side) in the Vidhan Parishad, stating that his government doesn’t have any “scope” to come into Opposition until 2029.

‘Uddhav Ji can think about the scope of coming to ruling party’

Fadnavis was speaking on the occasion of Uddhav Thackeray’s farewell from the Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad.

“At least till 2029, there is no scope for us to come there (Opposition). Uddhav Ji can think about the scope of coming to this side (ruling party) and that can be thought about in a different way, but there is absolutely no scope left for us to come there (Opposition),” Fadnavis said.