India, July 25 -- Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said that "people who believe in Shivaji can't be narrow-minded about languages" as he delivered a 20-minute address entirely in Marathi at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the JNU students' union (JNUSU) called a demonstration in front of the convention centre against the Maharashtra government's decision to introduce a three-language formula in primary schools.

Fadnavis was the chief guest for the foundation stone-laying ceremony of Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Special Centre for Security and Strategic Studies and the inauguration of the Kusumagraj Special Centre for Marathi Language Literature and Culture.

"Marathi language is...