Shiv Sena (UBT) President Uddhav Thackeray and his estranged cousin and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday attributed the state government’s withdrawal of controversial government resolutions (GRs) on the introduction of Hindi in state schools to the collective strength and unity of the ‘Marathi manoos’.

Both the leaders welcomed the rollback of the two GRs, which had proposed implementing Hindi as part of a three-language formula in Classes 1 to 5, and called it a victory of Marathi pride and public pressure, reported PTI.

Uddhav Thackeray, addressing a press conference in Mumbai, said the government had lost to the “power of Marathi manoos” after underestimating the backlash.