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IN PHOTOS: Uddhav Thackeray and son Aaditya join UBT members in burning copies of GR on Hindi in state schools

Updated On: 29 June, 2025 05:11 PM IST | Divya Nair

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief, along with his son and Worli legislator Aaditya, burnt copies of the Government Resolution that proposed teaching Hindi in state schools as the third language. The two leaders were joined by several Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) members as well as Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal (PICS/ASHISH RAJE)  

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The protest took place opposite the BMC headquarters in South Mumbai on Sunday. PIC/ASHISH RAJE
The protest took place opposite the BMC headquarters in South Mumbai on Sunday. PIC/ASHISH RAJE
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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 

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 

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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 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

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The Shiv Sena (UBT) has been opposing the three-language formula and "imposition" of Hindi on students

The Shiv Sena (UBT) has been opposing the three-language formula and "imposition" of Hindi on students

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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  

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  

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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

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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