The protest took place opposite the BMC headquarters in South Mumbai on Sunday. PIC/ASHISH RAJE
On Saturday, Thackeray had asked his party workers to burn the GR on Hindi language in state schools ahead of the Maharashtra legislature's Monsoon Session
The June 17 GR of the government made Hindi "generally" the third language, and not mandatory, for students of Classes 1 to 5 studying in English and Marathi-medium schools
The Shiv Sena (UBT) has been opposing the three-language formula and "imposition" of Hindi on students
Apart from Shiv Sena (UBT), the state's proposal has been strongly opposed by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), and the Congress, too. On Sunday, state Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal joined the Shiv Sena (UBT) in burning the copies of the GR
The issue has brought estranged cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray together as the Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS will carry out a joint morcha in Mumbai on July 5 against the "imposition" of Hindi and the state government's three-language formula for Classes 1 to 5
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