Hindi was never India's national language, how can we blind fold ourselves now? : Cong Leader Siddaramaiah

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• Apr 11, 2022 | Pratiksha

According to Amit Shah, who presided over the 37th meeting of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has determined

Digital Desk: Former Karnataka chief minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah said on Friday that Hindi is not India's national language and accused the ruling BJP of attempting to implement its "cultural terrorism" plan against non-Hindi speaking states.

The Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka legislature took issue with Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remark on the official language and accused him of forsaking the former's home state Gujarat and mother tongue Gujarati for his political purpose.

On Thursday, Shah stated that Hindi should be considered as a substitute for English rather than regional languages.

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According to Amit Shah, who presided over the 37th meeting of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has determined that Hindi would be the official language for operating the government, which will boost Hindi's prominence.

On Thursday, Shah stated that Hindi should be considered as a substitute for English rather than regional languages.

According to Shah, who presided over the 37th meeting of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has determined that Hindi would be the official language for operating the government, which will boost Hindi's prominence.

"As a Kannadiga, I take strong offence to @HMOIndia @AmitShah's comment on Official language & medium of communication. Hindi is not our National Language & we will never let it to be," Siddaramaiah tweeted with the tagline "#IndiaAgainstHindiImposition" Stating that linguistic diversity is the essence of our country and we will respect each other's sentiments, the former chief minister said pluralism is what has held our nation together and any attempt by the BJP to undo this will be met with strong opposition and retaliation.

"Imposing Hindi is a sign of coercive federalism rather than cooperative federalism. Myopic view of BJP regarding our languages needs to be corrected and their opinions are derived from pseudo-nationalists like Savarkar," Siddaramaiah added.

Shah had remarked during the committee meeting that the moment has come to make the official language Hindi an essential element of the country's unity, pointing out that 70% of the Cabinet's agenda is drafted in Hindi.