Lucknow, First Published Apr 29, 2022, 9:13 PM IST
Lucknow: UP Minister issues controversial statement on non-Hindi language controversy The controversy was started by UP Minister Sanjay Nishad. Those who do not love Hindi are foreigners. The UP minister said those who do not want to speak Hindi can leave India. He said he would go and live somewhere else. ‘
“Those who want to live in India should love Hindi. If you do not like Hindi, you will be assumed to be a foreigner or associated with foreign powers. We respect the local languages, but this country is one, the Constitution of India says that India is ‘Hindustan’, that is, the place of Hindi speakers. Hindustan is not a place for non-Hindi speakers. They have to leave this country and go somewhere else. UP Fisheries Minister said.
The Uttar Pradesh fisheries minister was responding to a media query about a language conversation between Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn and Kannada actor Kichha Sudeep on Twitter.
Meanwhile, former Karnataka chief ministers Siddaramaiah and Kumaraswamy have come out in support of Kannada actor Kichha Sudeep, who tweeted against Hindi actor Ajay Devgn’s claim that Hindi is the national language. In a long Twitter thread, Kumaraswamy slammed Ajay Devgn’s behavior as ‘stupid’. Kumaraswamy says that hyper behavior should not be displayed in cyberspace and that such behavior is just stupid.
Hindi is one of the many languages spoken in the country. Hindi is one of the vernacular languages of India. Kumaraswamy says Hindi will not be the national language as more people speak it.
A war of words between Kannada actor Kicha Sudeep and Hindi actor Ajay Devgn on Twitter over Hindi language had garnered national attention. In an interview to a Kannada channel, Kicha Sudeep said that Hindi is not the national language in the light of current Pan-Indian films. In response, Ajay Devgn slammed Sudeep’s statement that Hindi should not be forgotten as the national language.
But Sudeep’s reply was as follows.
“Dear Ajay Devgn Sir, I understand your tweet in Hindi. Because we have come to respect, love and learn Hindi. But don’t get me wrong, what if I reply to your tweet in Kannada? Aren’t we in India too, sir? ”
Sudeep’s statement highlighted the huge success of RRR, KGF and Bahubali films. Bollywood films claiming to be pan-Indian movies are being remade in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam but are not successful today. But South Indian films are breaking the records of Bollywood films by changing the language into Hindi. Sudeep asked how Hindi can be said to be the national language in the light of current Pan-Indian films. Ajay Devgn later criticized Sudeep for not forgetting that Hindi is the national language. Ajay Devgn also asked why Kannada films are being translated into Hindi if Hindi is not important.
Last Updated Apr 29, 2022, 9:13 PM IST
