Overview

• The state cabinet withdrew two government resolutions that mandated Hindi as the third language from grades 1 to 5, responding to widespread opposition.
• Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has appointed a three-month expert panel under Dr Narendra Jadhav to review Maharashtra’s three-language formula.
• Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray will host a joint ‘Marathi Vijay Diwas’ rally at Mumbai’s NSCI Dome on July 5 under the banner ‘Marathicha Awaaz’.
• MNS activists assaulted a Thane shopkeeper for refusing to speak Marathi, leading Kashimira police to register an FIR against seven party members.
• Business owners in Mira Bhayandar shut their shops in protest through a Vyapari Ekta Manch-organised shutdown to condemn the vigilante attack.