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'Something Balasaheb Could Not Achieve...': Raj Thackeray As He Shares Stage With Uddhav After 20 Years
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Raj Thackeray said that Maharashtra is bigger than any politics and fight, and thus, he and Uddhav have come together.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Raj Thackeray shared the stage with his estranged cousin and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray after 20 years on Saturday, as the duo decided to join hands. As Raj addressed the gathering, he launched a scathing attack at Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, saying the latter achieved what Balasaheb couldn't, pointing to his reunion with Uddhav.
'Today, after 20 years, Uddhav and I have come together. What Balasaheb could not do, Devendra Fadnavis did… The work of bringing both of us together," he said.
He also further stressed that Maharashtra was more significant than any fight or politics, and thus the reunion.
'I had said in one of my interviews that my Maharashtra is bigger than any politics and fight," added the MNS chief.
Speaking about the ongoing language row in Maharashtra, Raj clarified that he doesn't have anything against Hindi, and he or his party never enforced Marathi on the Hindi-speaking population of the state. He then took a swipe at the ruling government led by CM Fadnavis and said that they 'started with the experiment of imposing Hindi".
'I don't have anything against Hindi, no language is bad. It takes a lot of effort to build a language. We Marathi people ruled over a lot of states during the Maratha Empire, but we never enforced Marathi on those parts. They started with the experiment of imposing Hindi over us and were trying to test if we would not have opposed it, they would have gone upto making Mumbai separate from Maharashtra," he said.
He further said that the ruling Mahayuti is only trying to 'unsettle Maharashtra with this controversy".
'We are peace-loving doesn't mean we are cowards. Alliances may happen or not happen, but there can't be compromise on the issue of Marathib. Let's achieve the dream of Balasaheb again to unite Marathi speaking people again," added Raj.
First Published:
July 05, 2025, 12:14 IST
