Hindi our national language, says Karnataka minister after CM backs Kannada actor
India Today
Karnataka Minister Murugesh Nirani has now waded into the row over the national language and backed Bollywood superstar Ajay Devgan.
Karnataka Minister Murugesh Nirani has said Hindi is considered our national language and sided with Ajay Devgan, after Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai backed Kannada actor Kiccha Sudeep.
A day after a row erupted over the national language following a Twitter spat between Bollywood superstar Ajay Devgan and Kannada actor Kiccha Sudeep, the Karnataka Chief Minister and Minister Murugesh Nirani waded into the issue.
Bollywood superstar Ajay Devgn took a sarcastic dig at Kannada superstar Kiccha Sudeep after the Vikrant Rona actor said 'Hindi is no more a national language'. Ajay tweeted in Hindi, and a part of it can be translated as 'Hindi was, is and always will be our mother tongue and national language'. Twitter is divided by Ajay's statement.
South star Kiccha Sudeep, in an exclusive interview with KarnatakaTak, said that “Hindi is no more a national language.” This comes in the wake of South films breaking records at the box office. Now, Ajay Devgn hit back at Kiccha Sudeep on Twitter in Hindi. Its English translation roughly reads: "Kiccha Sudeep, my brother, according to you, if Hindi is not our national language then why do you release your native language [mother tongue] films by dubbing them in Hindi? Hindi was, is and always will be our mother tongue and national language. Jan Gan Man."
