New Delhi, July 7 -- Amid the ongoing Hindi language row and the MNS 'slapgate' incident, an old video of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray has surfaced on social media and gone viral.

In the video, Bal Thackeray speaks in Marathi, saying that he may be a Marathi in Maharashtra, but he is also a Hindu. "I may be a Marathi in Maharashtra, but I am a Hindu in Hindustan," he is heard saying in the video.

On Saturday, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray shared the political stage after almost 20 years.

Raj claimed that the three-language formula, which the BJP-led state government tried to impose, was a precursor to its plan to separate Mumbai from Maharashtra.

After two decades, the two...