Actor Sanjay Dutt, who spent many years in jail for keeping illegal firearms including an assault rifle, has stepped on a landline with his comments on one of the most emotive issues in Maharashtra – the Marathi language.
If Marathi has received Classical Language status today, the groundwork for it was laid by Prithviraj Chavan,” Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe said. Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik, who belongs to the Shiv Sena, had asked Dutt to speak in Marathi while attending a Dahi Handi event. The BJP MLA alleged the Sena leader’s words and actions are vastly different. “Eknath Shinde never allowed him to do anything. “What has the Shiv Sena done for the development of the language?
Because a dummy minister is needed,” Mehta said, he is there.
“I spent six years in Yerwada Jail, yet I could not learn Marathi,” the actor said and laughed. “If an actor does not know Marathi, he laughs at it, while on the other hand ordinary autorickshaw drivers are being threatened over the Marathi language,” Mehta said. “What kind of justice is this?” he said.
