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TMC MP Saket Gokhale on Friday said the Centre was imposing Hindi over English and regional languages in Government business, holding that this was against the federal structure.
Raising the issue during the Zero Hour in Rajya Sabha, Gokhale demanded that English be used for government business. He pointed out that, at the start of the current Budget session of the Meghalaya Assembly, it was announced that the Governor would deliver his address in Hindi. The BJP leaders in Meghalaya supported this announcement, saying Hindi is our national language, he said.
Gokhale said the official language of Meghalaya is English. “Honourable Governor of Meghalaya choosing to address the assembly in Hindi instead of the state’s official language English is nothing but a brazen Hindi imposition, and an attempt to undermine the linguistic pride of Meghalaya,” he alleged.
Gokhale said the three new criminal laws have been given “very complicated” Hindi names. “Outside of North India, Hindi is not the native language of crores of Indians,” he said.
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