India, July 23 -- Amid the ongoing row over the 'imposition' of Hindi in primary schools, Maharashtra governor C P Radhakrishan said that linguistic differences and the hatred spread on account of these could harm the state in the long run. Radhakrishnan was speaking at Raj Bhavan on Tuesday at the release of the coffee-table book 'Maharashtra Nayak' on CM Devendra Fadnavis.

The governor said that if "this kind of hatred" was spread, nobody would invest in the state. "I gather from newspapers that people are being beaten up for not speaking in Marathi," he said. "We should understand that in the long run, this attitude is harmful to Maharashtra's interests. We should not indulge in this political game." Radhakrishnan's remarks pertained ...