Govt treating non-Hindi speakers as second class citizens, grumbles Karuna

June 19, 2014 14:15

K Rijiju, MoS Home, reacts to DMK chief M Karunanidhi's claims that there was an unwarranted emphasis on the use of Hindi.

Rijiju says, "Hindi is our national language and we need to promote it. But it will not be promoted at the cost of regional languages. It doesnt mean we'll discourage regional languages, all languages will be given due importance."

Karunanidhi said that the PM should focus on development rather than on promoting Hindi. He was objecting to an order issued recently by the Union Home Ministry which said that government departments and bureaucrats must use Hindi on social media for their official accounts.
Karuna said that the government was treating non-Hindi speakers as second class citizens.

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