"Don't Impose Another Language War": Tamil Nadu's MK Stalin On Hindi Panel Report
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Amit Shah heads Committee of Parliament on Official Language to review progress in Hindi use which submitted latest report to President last month
"Projecting Hindi speakers alone as Indian citizens and others as second-class citizens reeks of divide-and-rule," said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin today as the Parliament's language committee reportedly said Centre-run educational institutions should switch away from English to "Hindi or local language", and that the UN be asked to make Hindi one of its official languages.
"Don't impose another language war on us," Mr Stalin said, directing his words at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose party BJP, as a stated policy, favours Hindi as a link among all states.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah heads the Committee of Parliament on Official Language — to review progress in Hindi use — which submitted its latest report to President Droupadi Murmu last month.
Recommending that local languages be preferred over English in all states, the committee divided states and union territories into three groups on the basis of Hindi use.