‘Language not a disease’: Raj Thackeray slams RSS chief over remarks on linguistic identity, BJP responds

A political controversy has emerged in Maharashtra following RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's remarks labeling language protests as a 'kind of disease.' Raj Thackeray, president of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, challenged Bhagwat's statement, arguing that such sentiments undermine India's linguistic diversity and that many states would be considered 'ill' under this viewpoint. The BJP defended Bhagwat, asserting that participants at RSS events attend willingly and without coercion.