Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has raised strong objections to the decision to make Hindi a compulsory subject for students from Class 1 in schools across Maharashtra.

Thackeray’s statement comes a day after the state government approved the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, introducing Hindi as a mandatory third language for students from Class 1 to Class 5 in Marathi and English-medium schools.