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Hindi row: Congress slams Thackeray cousins for hogging credit for govt's rollback; casts doubt on reunion

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Congress has criticized Uddhav and Raj Thackeray for taking sole credit for the government's reversal on introducing Hindi in Maharashtra schools, emphasizing that widespread opposition from various groups led to the decision.
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