Claiming that the report also warns of action against officials not using Hindi, the Chief Minister said that the promotion of Hindi on the one hand and neglect of other languages on the other hand was unconstitutional. Questioning the need for making such recommendations to the President, Stalin said that why did the report propose replacing English and prioritizing Hindi in the competitive exams conducted for central government jobs. Remarking that imposing an impractical idea (Hindi imposition) amounts to dividing Hindi speakers as citizens and reducing other language speakers to second-class citizens, the Chief Minister said, “It will not be accepted not just by Tamil Nadu, but our neighbouring states and others who respect their mother tongue.”
The BJP’s attempt to destroy the fraternity of multilingual, multicultural and multireligious people to impose one language, religion, food and culture on the country will spoil the integrity of the nation,” the Chief Minister said. “The pride and strength of the Indian subcontinent is its plurality. I urge the union government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give up the idea of making Hindi (learning) compulsory and safeguard the unity of the country,” added Stalin in a strongly worded statement issued in response to Amit Shah’s latest pro-Hindi push.ĭivision reduces non-Hindi speakers to second-class citizens “Do not play with fire by taunting our mother tongue sentiment. Do not take a brutal stand contrary to it and impose another linguistic war on us by trying to make Hindi (learning) mandatory,” said Stalin.
All languages should be awarded the status of official languages of the union government. “In a country espousing the cause of unity in diversity, Tamil among the state languages should be treated equally.
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