Mumbai, June 30 -- NCP-SCP MLA Rohit Pawar slammed the Maharashtra government on Monday over the three-language policy and said that when Marathi journalists and social organisations united, the government had to withdraw the resolution.

Speaking to reporters outside the Maharashtra Assembly, Pawar said, "Many political parties opposed the GR released by the Maharashtra government regarding the three-language policy. Marathi journalists and social organisations were also against it. When all of them got united on this matter, it overpowered the government, and finally, the state government decided to withdraw the GR on the three-language policy."

He added that the opposition is not against the Hindi language, but rather against the comp...