DMK's Udhayanidhi Stalin, TKS Elangovan target Amit Shah for his 'Hindi unites' comment
Hindi Diwas, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, "Hindi is the name for unifying the diversity of languages of India, the world's largest democracy. From the independence movement till today, Hindi has played an important role in uniting the country." Also Read: Hindi Diwas Celebrated with Wishes from PM Modi Home Minister Shah and Uttarakhand CM Dhami His remark didn't sink well with the DMK leaders. That's why, he openly condemned the Union Home Minister for making the statement.
He claimed that Hindi is spoken in only four or five states in India and that's why Amit Shah's “statement is totally absurd." “I strongly condemn the statement of Union Home Minister Amit Shah claiming that Hindi is the uniting force of India and it is empowering other regional languages," tweeted Stalin on X, formerly Twitter. Also Read: Jawan Box Office collection Day 6: Shah Rukh Khan's film becomes fastest Bollywood movie to surpass ₹300 crore mark He also highlighted how every state has its own language and questioned the role of Hindi in merging and empowering regional languages. “Hindi is spoken only in four or five states in the Country and hence the statement of Amit Shah is totally absurd.
It is only another version of imposing Hindi under the guise of generating livelihood. While we are speaking Tamil here, Kerala speaks Malayalam. Where does Hindi merge with and empower us? Amit Shah should stop oppressing non-Hindi languages by calling them just regional languages," he said in his X post.
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