Mumbai:
Actor Sanjay Dutt, who spent a few years in jail for maintaining unlawful firearms together with an assault rifle, has stepped on a landmine together with his feedback on one of the crucial emotive points in Maharashtra – the Marathi language.
Along with the feedback, the Munna Bhai MBBS actor drew the eye of Marathi leaders after he tied up the remarks with a giant snicker coming from a Shiv Sena chief.
Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik, who belongs to the Shiv Sena, had requested Dutt to talk in Marathi whereas attending a Dahi Handi occasion.
“I spent six years in Yerwada Jail, but I couldn’t study Marathi,” the actor mentioned and laughed.
The Sena MLA, quickly after the actor made the feedback, grew to become a goal of Marathi leaders who had criticised Dutt too.
BJP MLA Narendra Mehta questioned Sarnaik for laughing over somebody casually saying they did not know Marathi, whereas the frequent folks get threats and beatings over the regional language challenge.
“If an actor doesn’t know Marathi, he laughs at it, whereas then again abnormal autorickshaw drivers are being threatened over the Marathi language,” Mehta mentioned.
“What sort of justice is that this?” he mentioned.
BJP MLA Narendra Mehta
The BJP MLA alleged the Sena chief’s phrases and actions are vastly completely different. “Eknath Shinde by no means allowed him to do something. He’s there as a result of a dummy minister is required,” Mehta mentioned.
A day in the past, Sarnaik had taken potshots at Mehta – with out taking his identify – at an occasion in Thane’s Mira Bhayandar.
The Congress get together entered the scene with allegations that the Sena has been enjoying politics over the language challenge with out truly doing something to put it up for sale.
“What has the Shiv Sena accomplished for the event of the language? If Marathi has acquired Classical Language standing right this moment, the groundwork for it was laid by Prithviraj Chavan,” Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe mentioned.
“Individuals come to Maharashtra for work. However the BJP and the Sena led by Shinde solely interact in politics over language,” he added.
The Marathi language challenge has led to assaults on individuals who got here from exterior the state. Marathi teams say the native language can’t be ignored in formal and public communications.
