Expenditure over the language turns into the rigorous state of India

During the weeks, the richest state of India, Maharashtra, raged the battle for language and identity.

The line began in April after the Maharashtri government made it mandatory to teach Hindi as a third language except English and Marathi (the dominant language). It was said to be in line with federal policy, which provided for children to teach three languages ​​at school.

The National Educational Policy (NEP) introduced in 1968 is aimed at promoting and regulating education in India, and the government updates it from time to time. The latest policy -introduced Prime Minister Narendra Modi is implemented in stages and has face dispute before.

The decision of the Maharashtri government corresponded to the fierce opposition by the groups of civil society, the language activists and opposition leaders who accused him of trying to impose Hindi – mostly performing in the States of Northern and Central India.

Language is a sensitive problem in India, where many states, including Maharashtra, were created on language lines after independence. Local language is often essentially related to regional pride and identity, and any change of status -kho can be perceived as a threat. For example, last year Kannada activists in Bengalur, often called the Silicon Valley of India, held protests that require this Billboards are written in local language And not just English.

But anxiety is especially high when it comes to Hindi, the most voted language in India. For many years, the steps of different federal governments in promoting Hindi have fired non -Windi, who said that local culture will be divorced. These concerns have deteriorated high migration with less developed Hindi -language states to other parts of India, especially in the south, in search of jobs.

Aby Dashpande, a political analyst, says that these anxiety increased after the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Jonatia (BJP) has come to power in 2014. The best BJP leaders are the party stronger in Hindi, who speak Hindi – often completed disputes, making the conditions for privileged Hindi.

As the tension grew in Maharashtra, the state government-government under the leadership of the BDP-lounged its decision and appointed the commission to revise the troll. But the dispute refuses to die.

The line goes for a few months ahead of the long overcome urban surveys that are due in the state, including in Mumbai, where the richest municipal corporation in India lives. This caused the political one between the ruling coalition and the opposition parties, and each party accused the other of playing political games.

There were also reports of violence against non -non -state speakers.

In April two women in the Tana area were allegedly attacked In his residential complex, after they said “sorry” to the man who insisted on talking to him on the maraths.

In the same month, the guards in Mumbai allegedly beaten by opposition workers Maharashtra Nyanimaron Hay (Ministry of Emergency Situations) – a Nativist party known for his aggressive policy – after he said he did not know the Marathi.

In May the couple in Mumbai Reportedly refused to pay Delivery agent after he refused to perform on the Marathi. Last week, a shocking video showing the owner of the store, allegedly workers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, because he did not talk to Marathi on social media, causing outrage.

Although this issue seems to have increased public divisions, it also gathered two political competitors almost two decades after they dispersed.

Last week, the Tocker’s Udddha, the head of the local opposition was sewn -sen (UBT) and Raj Teker, the leader of the Ministry of Emergencies -son and nephew, respectively, a bala ticker, a patriarch, which was sewn by hay, the Hindu nationalist party, which gained popularity in the 1960s. Introduction.

While the armistice power is still to see, experts say that the optics of the cousins ​​who postpone the differences to “protect the Marathi pride” can help their prospects in the upcoming municipal elections.

“The problem of the Marathi language and culture is close to the hearts of people,” says Prasant Dixit, a former political journalist who reports the state for more than two decades. “This is an emotional question, especially for people living in Mumbai, and it has been since the 1960s,” he adds.

In the 1960s and the 1970s, the former sewed hay led by Bal Teckerai conducted aggressive companies against people who moved to Mumbai from the southern states, accusing them of working that were to go to the locals.

In decades, models of migration changed, and the party appealed to people from the Northern States who moved to the city in search of economic capabilities. The party has accused migrants from the states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar of taking their jobs.

These tension look like the question to continue. According to India’s latest census, from 2001 to 2011 in 2001 to 2011, an increase of 40%was increased.

These agitation, focused on Marathi, previously resonated with voters, especially in Mumbai, and some believe that it can help with the cousins ​​of the Tseri and the municipal elections.

However, many criticized this approach.

The editorial board of the Indian express -jaga entitled “A slap in the face of Mumbai” claimed that a linguistic identity policy was “deeply disturbing” and that its arrival came into violence that “should not take place in the most industrialized state of India.”

Mr. Dixite agrees – he believes that any support received by aggressive language agitation may be short -lived.

“People want their leaders to fulfill their promises and focus on real progress in the form of improving jobs and politics so that life is better for everyone,” he says.