Overview

• Maharashtra government revoked two GRs mandating Hindi in primary schools and established a three-month expert panel to revisit its NEP three-language policy.
• Uddhav and Raj Thackeray reunited on July 5 in Mumbai for a ‘victory rally’ celebrating the rollback and asserting Marathi identity.
• MNS activists violently targeted Hindi-speaking individuals in Bhayandar and vandalised an office in Worli, leading to arrests, police notices and public condemnation.
• Eknath Shinde accused Uddhav Thackeray of using the rally to pursue selfish power motives, Ashish Shelar labelled their speeches distortions, and Nishikant Dubey challenged the cousins to replicate assaults on Hindi speakers in other states.
• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin welcomed the Thackeray reunion as part of a broader struggle against Hindi imposition, signalling regional solidarity ahead of civic polls.