By Our Special Correspondent
Taking strong exception to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks at Hindi Divas that people should learn Hindi to understand the soul of India's culture and history, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday said, “The Union Minister has an idea. Against the principle of unity in diversity in India. It is India, not India.
"The history and culture of India does not stop with the Hindi language. Historians have clearly said that the history of India should be written from the south," the DMK president said in a scathing statement. "India is known for its unity. I request the Union Home Minister not to try to divide it in the name of 'Hindi'.
If the local languages are to be preserved, declare all the 22 languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution as official languages of the Central Government at par with Hindi and celebrate Indian Languages Day instead of Hindi Diwas. He said that India's culture and history will be strengthened. He also tweeted, "Giving preference to Hindi will create undesired discontent among the people of different states and divide them."
“Pushing back Tamil and other regional languages and trying to establish Hindi as the national language is a clear sign of supremacy. TN has a history of sacrificing their lives for the mother tongue and resisting the dominance of other languages,” Stalin warned.
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