The Congress government first said taxi permits should be issued to people who speak Marathi and those who have been living Mumbai for 15 years. Marathi speaking can be made feasible for taxi drivers but not compulsory
1. There are passengers who speak Malayalam, Gujarati, English, Bengali who take the taxi. So does that mean the taxi driver should learn all their languages? It is not just Maharashtrians who take the taxi, do they?
2. People who take the taxi are least bothered about the language or Marathi. Their main concern is to reach a place and not about commanding the taxi driver to speak Marathi or any other language
