Overview

• The Maharashtra government revoked two resolutions making Hindi a compulsory third language in primary schools and established a three-month review panel under former VC Dr. Narendra Jadhav
• Uddhav and Raj Thackeray held their first joint “victory rally” in nearly 20 years, hinting at a seat-sharing strategy for the upcoming civic elections
• MNS activists vandalised entrepreneur Sushil Kedia’s Mumbai office and assaulted a Mira Road shop owner over refusal to speak Marathi, prompting Mumbai Police to launch investigations
• BJP minister Ashish Shelar condemned the rally as a political stunt and decried attacks on Hindi speakers while Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut stressed their fight targets compulsory imposition, not the language itself
• Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin praised the Maharashtra protest as part of a wider southern resistance to Hindi imposition