Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin moved a resolution in the state Assembly against continued efforts by the Union government to “impose Hindi” on non-Hindi speaking states.
He urged Union government not to accept the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee of Official Languages chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The recommendations of the committee should not be accepted or implemented since they are against the federal principles of the Constitution, detrimental to the multilingual structure of our country and question the future by ignoring English and completely excluding the 22 State languages of non-Hindi speaking States, which are mentioned in the eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Earlier, Amit Shah unveiled the Hindi version of three MBBS textbooks (Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology) in Bhopal which is a milestone towards North-South divide. Chief Minister Stalin wrote a letter to PM Modi regarding the imposition of Hindi, saying that there are continuous efforts being made by the Union government to impose the language in non-Hindi speaking states which is detrimental to the integrity of country.
MK Stalin said, “The report includes a recommendation that Hindi shall be made the medium of instruction in all technical, non-technical institutions and all Union government institutions including Kendriya Vidyalayas.” Stalin also said that the attempts to impose Hindi were “impractical and divisive in character and put non-Hindi speaking people in a very disadvantageous position in many respects, further saying in his letter that “This will unacceptable not only to Tamil Nadu but also to any state that respects and values their mother tongue.
Stalin also wrote that the number of people speaking languages other than Hindi is numerically more than Hindi-speaking people in the Union of India. Stalin had also issued a statement last week in which he asked the Union government not to “force another language war” by imposing Hindi. DMK’s youth wing headed by Udhayanidhi also held a protest in Chennai against “Hindi imposition.” Web Desk
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