A political showdown erupted in Maharashtra after the state government announced plans to make Hindi a compulsory third language in Marathi and English medium schools under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
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00:00Good evening, you're watching Super 6 here on India Today. I'm Akshita Nandakopal and on the show this evening
00:05we're going to be talking about the big fight that's broken out in Maharashtra over the imposition of Hindi.
00:12The national education policy has been brought into effect in Maharashtra and with it the contentious three-language policy.
00:19So in Maharashtra, Hindi has now been made compulsory.
00:23And that leads to the question about all of the politics that we've been seeing over the last many months over NEP.
00:28Is it then true that with the three-language policy, Hindi becomes compulsory, mandatory, is imposed in a state?
00:36What's happened in Maharashtra?
00:38Was the DMK's fight against the three-language policy and reiterating that Hindi will be imposed on them true,
00:44considering what's happened in Maharashtra?
00:46We're going to be decoding all that for you and why Hindi has been made compulsory in the state.
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02:35The Hindi imposition debate is back in focus.
02:38And no, not in Tamil Nadu, but in a different state in Maharashtra this time.
02:42A recent decision to implement the national education policy in the state by the Fadnavist government has sparked a political face-off with protests as well.
02:52And here's why.
02:53With the NEP, the national education policy being implemented, the three-language policy has been brought into effect in Maharashtra.
03:01And Hindi, along with English and Marathi, made mandatory now in government schools.
03:06Hindi is mandatory for students from classes 1 to 5.
03:09And I know what you're thinking.
03:11If the Modi government repeatedly says there's no imposition of Hindi with NEP, why is Hindi mandatory Maharashtra?
03:17I'll get to that in a bit, but first let me round up the updates on the story.
03:21A poster has gone viral.
03:23It's been put up by the Maharashtra Navnir Man Sena, led by, in fact, Raj Thakere.
03:28That picture there shows the poster that's been put up in Mumbai's Dadar.
03:32It says, we are Hindu, but not Hindi.
03:35The sentiment that's now being echoed by all MNS workers is Raj Thakere has objected to the Hindi mandatory rule, calling it clear imposition.
03:44Listen in first to what the Maharashtra Navnir Man Sena had to say as they protested today in Mumbai.
03:49Thank you very much.
04:19Thank you very much.
04:49And it's not just Raj Thakere.
05:14By the Uddhav Sena, the entire Mahavikasa Ghadi is also objected to the Farnuos government's move, calling it an attempt to spread Hindi by the BJP.
05:24And before we tell you how the Mahayuti is reacting to this entire controversy, listen in to what Aditya Thakere and other netas of the Uddhav Sena had to say.
05:54This is a mission that talks about the Maharashtra.
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06:31First, you should get a chance to get Marathi.
06:51Here's a look at what all of the Mahayuti leaders had to say on this entire controversy.
06:59...
07:40So the defense that's coming from the Mahayudi is that Marathi is not being replaced in any way by Hindi.
08:00That they believe all these languages are equally important.
08:03So what was the need to impose Hindi or make it mandatory for classes 1 to 5 for students in Maharashtra with the NEP being brought in?
08:12Because this was a controversy waiting to play out.
08:15Well, Chief Minister Fadnevis says the idea is to ensure that everyone learns a link language, as he puts it.
08:20A language that people can converse with others in outside of Maharashtra.
08:25Here's the defense of Chief Minister Fadnevis in the face of all of this controversy.
08:33Thank you very much.
09:03Okay, let me bring in Mustafa Sheikh joining us live from Mumbai with more details on this.
09:19Mustafa, huge controversy triggered by the government's order.
09:23Is there a possibility now of the government actually backtracking on this?
09:27There's always been, of course, English Marathi, Marathi mandatory, whether you're in a public school or a private school in Maharashtra.
09:34Now Hindi being added to that list, there's so much outrage and the focus being on Marathi pride, which is a big issue and a political issue in Maharashtra.
09:43Is there a possibility of the government actually backtracking?
09:45Well, there's always a possibility, as you rightly said, that there is, you know, the Marathi pride issue and Maharashtra, Ngunuman Sena, Shiv Sena, UBT.
09:55Every opposition party is speaking on this issue.
09:58Some parties have also raised this issue that from first standard for a student to learn three languages and apart from that other subjects, is it not stressful?
10:07And the other option which is being looked at, whether learning of Hindi from first standard, which is compulsory now, would that be made optional?
10:15Because each state is making some changes while they are adopting the CBHC syllabus.
10:20For example, in history books, there's not much mention of Chathapati Shivaji Maharaj.
10:24In the existing history books, which will be done in Maharashtra and those additions and value additions will be made as the syllabus is adopted in Maharashtra.
10:32So, each state is doing something or the other to make this entire syllabus more relevant to the native and local history.
10:41But the language issue persists wherein Shiv Sena, UBT has been very careful.
10:45They are saying that they are not against Hindi, but Marathi should be compulsory and it should be basically addressed whether a student can learn this language at the state when they are in the first standard.
10:56So, there are different concerns being raised.
10:58Devendra Fadlavu, the chief minister, was firm as of now saying that this new policy has been implemented and it will be implemented.
11:05But rising pressure from political parties and people in Maharashtra may let the government decide whether there is some scope of changing it or making it optional till 4th or 5th standard.
11:19All right. Thanks very much, Mustafa, for breaking down those details of really how the Fadlavu's government is countering this entire narrative that they imposed Hindi on the people of Maharashtra.
11:29But why? Why has this happened? Why is Hindi mandatory in Maharashtra now?
11:33Is it because that's what the ADP does as the DMQ is repeatedly alleged in Tamil Nadu that the national education policy imposes Hindi on a state?
11:40Is that what's happened in Maharashtra? Let me explain it for you.
11:44How was the language policy first changed to Maharashtra with the NEP?
11:47Earlier, it was a two-language rule in Maharashtra. You had English and Marathi.
11:51Marathi was mandatory, by the way, in both public and private schools.
11:55Now, it's a three-language rule, which means essentially English, Marathi and Hindi are mandatory.
12:02So, now, this is the primary difference. Hindi is mandatory when clearly the NEP 2020 states otherwise.
12:10So, here's what I mean. What exactly is the three-language rule as per the national education policy?
12:16It's English plus two regional languages, two languages that are native to India.
12:22So, when we talk about the three-language policy, there's English and, like I said, two regional languages,
12:26out of which one must be the language that's spoken in the states.
12:30So, for example, in Maharashtra, it's Marathi. In Tamil Nadu, it's Tamil.
12:34The third language must be another regional language from India.
12:37So, it can't be a foreign language. It has to be a regional language.
12:41That's all the NEP says. It doesn't say at any point that it's Hindi alone.
12:45That must be one of those three languages. And yet, you're seeing it happen in Maharashtra.
12:50Why is that? If NEP doesn't make it mandatory, why has it happened in Maharashtra?
12:54Because the government has chosen to make it compulsory.
12:58It's a state subject, education. And so, the Fadnavist government, while adopting the NEP and the three-language rule,
13:03have said English, Marathi, both compulsory, and the third language will be Hindi.
13:07So, there's no option being given to students, as the NEP says, which is that the third regional language is an optional one.
13:14They can pick out of a list of them. Instead, the Fadnavist government has clearly said that there's no choice of a third language in Maharashtra.
13:22The reason that the Chief Minister has given is he says that we're trying to ensure that a link language is also taught.
13:29And so, people have more opportunities in other parts of the country as well.
13:34Now, what exactly is the impact of the national education policy?
13:37And I want to break this down city-wise.
13:39Whether you have an EP in your city or not, what exactly does it look like then?
13:45So, let's begin with Mumbai, since we've been talking about this entire controversy.
13:48Without the national education policy, it was a two-language policy.
13:51Marathi compulsory, English compulsory.
13:54Now, with NEP, it's become Marathi plus English plus Hindi compulsory.
13:59So, it's become from a two-language policy to a three-language policy.
14:03In private CBSA schools, and I focused on CBSA because if we go into really the whole range of private schools, the list goes on.
14:10But in CBSA schools, Marathi is compulsory because, like I said, both public and private, the language is compulsory.
14:16Native language, English, and then the third language can be an optional foreign language, German, French or Spanish.
14:23In Delhi, in the national capital, right now the NEP has been brought in.
14:28But let's take a look at what it was like in public schools again, without NEP, two-language policy, Hindi and English.
14:34But in a city like Delhi, which has such a confluence of people from across the country, what is it like with NEP?
14:40Hindi, native language, regional language, whichever way you want to look at it in Delhi.
14:45English, and the third regional language from India, language native to India, is the choice between Urdu, Punjabi and Sanskrit for students.
14:55They can pick out of these three.
14:56There's also the question, of course, that based on the resource available in the school, you can choose which is possible.
15:02Private school, CBSA in Delhi, it's English plus one of the regional languages.
15:07So they give you an option of Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu or Punjabi.
15:11And then the third language is a foreign language, German, French or Spanish.
15:14So a lot of variety there in private schools, say in Delhi.
15:17But that's again because the national capital, Delhi, has a range of people with no real native regional language per se.
15:25Let's take you to another metro city, the city of Kolkata.
15:28Here, public schools without NEP itself, there was a three-language policy in place.
15:33The state education policy also mandates a three-language policy.
15:37English, one regional language, which can be Bengali or Hindi.
15:42Now, the third language, you can choose.
15:44But if you choose Bengali as your second language, then Hindi comes up as an option for your third language.
15:49Now, with NEP, how does this change?
15:52Doesn't really change, except for the fact that the third language must be a regional language.
15:56Previously, it could be any language, including a foreign language.
15:59With NEP, it becomes the third language also as a regional language.
16:04And then, of course, Bengali becomes mandatory there.
16:06It's not Bengali slash Hindi.
16:08In private CBSE schools in Kolkata, it's English plus one of the two regional languages, either Bengali or Hindi, plus one of the foreign languages.
16:18Let's take you to Bengaluru now.
16:20In the city, where, again, you've been seeing quite a bit of a debate over language, here, too, Kannada is mandatory, public or private schools.
16:28It's mandatory across.
16:29Without national education policy, it's essentially a three-language rule as it is.
16:35State education policy in effect currently in Karnataka.
16:37English mandatory, Kannada mandatory.
16:39And the third language, not necessarily a regional language.
16:42It can be either regional or a foreign language based on the resource available in that particular school.
16:47So, inevitably, it turns out to be a regional language.
16:50With NEP, it will become English plus Kannada plus any third regional language, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu or Hindi even.
16:57Now, in private CBSE schools in Bengaluru and across Karnataka, Kannada, again, is mandatory as mandated by the government.
17:04Now, besides that, the third option is a foreign language.
17:07Chennai, big bone of contention, the national education policy, the three-language policy.
17:12So, as you may have already realized, in Chennai and across Tamil Nadu in public schools without NEP, it's a two-language formula.
17:19English plus Tamil, no third language that's taught, no option given to students.
17:23With NEP, that changes.
17:25English is mandatory, so is Tamil.
17:28Now, the question that often comes up here is whether the third regional language in Tamil Nadu will be Hindi.
17:34Not at all.
17:34NEP clearly says English mandatory, Tamil mandatory, any third regional language.
17:39So, again, it can be Malayalam, it can be Telugu, it can be Kannada, anything.
17:43Private CBSE schools, English, Tamil is mandatory in Tamil Nadu too.
17:47And then you have foreign languages as well.
17:50All right, let's move on to other stories also as we've broken down for you the full language fight that's playing out right now in Maharashtra.
18:01There's another big debate in the country right now, triggered by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar's comments and his very strong critique of the Indian judiciary.
18:11He's lashed out and questioned the Supreme Court essentially for setting deadlines for the president to clear bills and for invoking Article 142 to pass 10 bills cleared by the Tamil Nadu Assembly without executive assent.
18:24Vice President Dhankar has questioned this, saying no one should be above the executive.
18:27It's triggered a big debate.
18:29Here are those reactions.
18:31It is our obligation.
18:34Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar takes on the Supreme Court.
18:38Speaking at the valedictory function of the 6th Rajya Sabha internship program on Thursday,
18:44Dhankar hit out at the Apex Court, accusing the judiciary of overstepping constitutional boundaries.
18:49The government is accountable.
18:51There is a directive to the president.
18:55By a recent judgment.
19:01Where are we heading?
19:05What is happening in the country?
19:08I never thought in my life I will have the occasion to see it.
19:11I have no doubt.
19:12Dhankar was referring to a recent order by a two-judge Supreme Court bench that set timeframes for governors and the president to decide on bills passed by state assemblies.
19:22The verdict came on a petition filed by the M.K. Stalin government against Tamil Nadu governor, Arun Ravi, who kept decisions on 10 bills pending for months.
19:33Dhankar slammed the court for using powers under Article 142 to deliver the judgment.
19:37Very contentious issues.
19:39Article 142 has become a nuclear missile against democratic forces.
19:50Available to judiciary 24 into 7.
19:54My worries were at the very highest level.
19:59I never thought in my life I will have the occasion to see it.
20:03Under Article 142, the Supreme Court can pass orders beyond existing laws to ensure complete justice.
20:10Such orders are enforceable nationwide.
20:13The SC can also summon individuals, demand documents and punish for contempt.
20:19The vice president also questioned delays in the justice Yashant Verma burnt cash case.
20:24It was put in the dock.
20:25It is now over a month.
20:27Even if it is a can of worms.
20:35Even if there are skeletons in the cupboard.
20:39Time to blow up the can.
20:43Time for its lid to go out.
20:46And time for the cupboard to collapse.
20:50Let the worms and skeletons be in public domain.
20:57So that clinging takes place.
21:00Senior lawyers criticized the vice president's remarks.
21:03What the vice president has ignored is provisions of the constitution which are interpreted.
21:12The timelines are governed by distinct provisions of the constitution.
21:15In that particular case 200 and 201.
21:17200 goes to the governor.
21:19201 goes to the president.
21:20This was the interpretation of those provisions.
21:23And whatever I could read and whatever the vice president has said,
21:27I don't see any comment on the reasoning of the Supreme Court on those aspects.
21:32A part from lawyers, many opposition leaders hit out at the vice president, Dhankar.
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