The Maharashtra Assembly witnessed ugly scenes when newly-elected MLAs of the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) attacked Samajwadi Party's Abu Azmi for taking the oath of office and secrecy in Hindi.
MNS chief Raj Thackeray had warned the newly elected legislators, asking them to take oath only in Marathi. The ruckus took place after Azmi refused to bow to Raj's demand, categorically stating that it was a privilege to take oath in the national language.
The strong sentiment over regional languages is not new in India. States have been reorganised on linguistic basis and Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have seen vociferous protests in the past over imposition of Hindi as the national language. Should Hindi be made compulsory? Is language being used as a tool for political gains?
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