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The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has intensified its stand on the Marathi language issue, warning non-Marathi-speaking auto drivers to learn Marathi or leave the state. The party also opposed the ongoing strike against the state's Marathi mandate, calling it a final humble request for drivers to comply with the rule.
The Maharashtra Transport Department has been enforcing a rule requiring auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers to demonstrate a working knowledge of the state's primary language, Marathi.
The protest comes amid the Maharashtra government's push to enforce Marathi proficiency among auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers.
The development comes amid Maharashtra Transport Department enforcing the rule requiring autorickshaw and taxi drivers to demonstrate a working knowledge of Marathi.
The Maharashtra government has urged commercial vehicle drivers to learn Marathi or face action, as the Transport Department conducts statewide inspections. So far, 5,211 autorickshaw and taxi drivers have been checked since August 20. Speaking to NDTV, an auto driver questioned whether language learning should be encouraged with time and opportunity rather than enforced.
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After announcing in May that basic proficiency in Marathi is compulsory, the state government introduced a course in Marathi for the benefit of non-Marathi drivers. It had also set a deadline of August 15 for them to learn Marathi.
DCP (Ganga Nagar) Kuldeep Gunawat said the accident occurred late Sunday evening under the Sarai Inayat police station area in Ganga Nagar.
He stated that even after getting out of the auto, his home was still about one to two kilometers away.
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If the driver still fails to learn Marathi after the suspension period, provisions will be made for permanent cancellation of the driving licence.
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The footage shows a young man leaning dangerously far out of a moving auto-rickshaw, swinging and dancing as someone inside appears to record him.
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