Overview

• Playback singer Udit Narayan described Maharashtra as his “karma bhoomi” and urged respect for Marathi alongside all other Indian languages.
• Actor Sharad Kelkar reiterated his neutrality on politics while calling every Indian language beautiful and rejecting enforced linguistic allegiance.
• Bollywood actor Rajkummar Rao advised that people should speak out on issues they genuinely care about rather than yield to compulsion.
• The Maharashtra government is conducting a three-month review of its three-language policy after rescinding Hindi class mandates earlier this month.
• Police have launched probes into reported vigilante attacks by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists against those who refuse to speak Marathi.