Mumbai: Decades after it first rocked Maharashtra, the debate over Marathi language again caused ripples in the state’s politics on Thursday after a comment made by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue Suresh ‘Bhaiyyaji’ Joshi prompted condemnations from the Opposition and an intervention by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.

At a Ghatkopar event on Wednesday, RSS leader Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi said that not everyone coming to Mumbai should learn Marathi, which sparked a political slugfest amid the ongoing language row.

Marathi is the foremost linguistic and cultural symbol of Maharashtra, a core identifier for its people, and an object of great regional pride. From the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement to now, it has pl

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Addressing the Assembly, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis strongly said, 'In Mumbai, Maharashtra, and the state government's language is Marathi, and people who live here should learn it.'

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Hours after he was pilloried by political leaders of all hues for his statement that “those coming to Mumbai from outside need not necessarily learn Marathi,” a chastened RSS leader Bhaiyyaji Joshi on Thursday did a U-turn and said,