India, July 4 -- On Tuesday, Shiv Sena (UBT) lawmaker Sanjay Raut and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) announced a rally in Mumbai's Worli on Saturday to celebrate the state government's move to scrap the decision to introduce Hindi as the third language in schools from class 1. The move came days after Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and his estranged cousin, MNS chief Raj Thackeray, announced a protest against the "Hindi imposition".

Raut and MNS posted an invitation for the rally on behalf of the cousins addressed to "Marathi mothers, sisters and brothers", who forced the government to "bow down". "As such, the victory should be celebrated," the invitation said. The first such joint invitation is seen as a major development in ...