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CHENNAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stand in support of Hindi, pushing for it to replace English as the preferred language of India's bureaucrats, is being met with stiff opposition from political leaders in Tamil Nadu
After DMK chief Karunanidhi’s displeasure at the dictum, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa voiced her anger saying that the directive to use Hindi as the social media language is against the spirit of Official Languages Act, 1963.
The central government had directed its employees and employees of central undertakings and banks to use Hindi or both Hindi and English on their official web pages in social media like Twitter, blogs, YouTube, Facebook and Google.
In a letter to Narendra Modi, Jayalalithaa wrote that the dictum makes the use of Hindi compulsory and English optional and requested to modify the instructions to ensure that English is is used on social media too.
Jayalalithaa also stressed that the diktat to use of Hindi as the official language could cause a unrest in Tamil Nadu as the people of the state are very proud of and passionate about their linguistic heritage.
Modi's government has ordered its officials to use Hindi on social media accounts and in government letters.
Modi spoke in Hindi and used interpreters in meetings with South Asian leaders last month, and addressed the Bhutanese parliament in Hindi during his first official overseas trip last week.
Karunanidhi slammed India's home ministry for its social media diktat.
"No one can deny it's beginning to impose Hindi against one's wish. This would be seen as an attempt to treat non-Hindi speakers as second-class citizens," television channels quoted DMK chief Karunanidhi as saying.
In a statement, DMK president M. Karunanidhi said the official directive to government employees to give preference to the use of Hindi language in social media is contrary to an individual's wish and is the beginning of imposition of Hindi.
The push for greater use of Hindi by Modi has been read partly as a move to break from the anglophone elite of the dynastic Congress party, which he thrashed in parliamentary polls in April and May.
Jaya too blasts Modi over making Hindi 'official' - Yahoo News India
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After DMK chief Karunanidhi’s displeasure at the dictum, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa voiced her anger saying that the directive to use Hindi as the social media language is against the spirit of Official Languages Act, 1963.
The central government had directed its employees and employees of central undertakings and banks to use Hindi or both Hindi and English on their official web pages in social media like Twitter, blogs, YouTube, Facebook and Google.
In a letter to Narendra Modi, Jayalalithaa wrote that the dictum makes the use of Hindi compulsory and English optional and requested to modify the instructions to ensure that English is is used on social media too.
Jayalalithaa also stressed that the diktat to use of Hindi as the official language could cause a unrest in Tamil Nadu as the people of the state are very proud of and passionate about their linguistic heritage.
Modi's government has ordered its officials to use Hindi on social media accounts and in government letters.
Modi spoke in Hindi and used interpreters in meetings with South Asian leaders last month, and addressed the Bhutanese parliament in Hindi during his first official overseas trip last week.
Karunanidhi slammed India's home ministry for its social media diktat.
"No one can deny it's beginning to impose Hindi against one's wish. This would be seen as an attempt to treat non-Hindi speakers as second-class citizens," television channels quoted DMK chief Karunanidhi as saying.
In a statement, DMK president M. Karunanidhi said the official directive to government employees to give preference to the use of Hindi language in social media is contrary to an individual's wish and is the beginning of imposition of Hindi.
The push for greater use of Hindi by Modi has been read partly as a move to break from the anglophone elite of the dynastic Congress party, which he thrashed in parliamentary polls in April and May.
Jaya too blasts Modi over making Hindi 'official' - Yahoo News India
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