If you want to live in Mumbai, you have to speak Marathi. It should! Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

Many languages are spoken in India. People are identified by the language they speak. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Suresh Joshi said that Marathi is the language of Mumbai and those coming from outside and speaking other languages should also understand it. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Marathi is the language of Mumbai and Maharashtra and anyone living here should learn and speak it. Besides, you know what they say.

Bhaskar Jadhav, a member of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) in the state assembly, had sought an explanation from the state government over the remarks made by senior RSS leader Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi. "It is not necessary that a person coming to Mumbai should learn Marathi. On this, Fadnavis said that Marathi is the language of Mumbai and Maharashtra and anyone living here should learn and speak it.