RIJIJU SAYS GOVT ONLY PROMOTING HINDI

NEWDELHI: The Centre on Monday said it was not imposing Hindi on anyone.

“We are not imposing Hindi but promoting Hindi like any other language,” Union minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju told reporters here. Rijiju is the minister incharge of the Department of Official Language. His comments came in the backdrop allegations levelled by certain quarters that the Modi government was trying to impose Hindi on non-Hindi speaking states. The controversy was generated after President Pranab Mukherjee accepted the recommendation of the Committee of Parliament on Official Language.

RIJIJU IS THE MINISTER INCHARGE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE.