M.K. Stalin, the chief minister and president of the DMK, criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday for saying that “we must study Hindi to comprehend the essence of our culture and history.”
Mr. Stalin noted in a statement that Mr. Shah had made the comment during a celebration honouring Hindi Diwas. “Talking about a language’s magnificence is natural. However, the explicit statement that one must learn Hindi in order to comprehend our culture goes against the idea of unity in variety. According to the law, Hindi is not the only official language or the nation’s primary tongue.
The financing disparity between Hindi and Sanskrit and other Indian languages, such as Tamil, should be addressed if the Union government is truly interested in regional languages. Instead, he said that the National Education strategy was being used by the Union government to impose Hindi and Sanskrit.
“India is now one country. Avoid attempting to make it Hindi, Mr. Stalin said.
He also demanded that Tamil and other regional tongues be made official by the Union government.
