CHENNAI: Stating that India is a multi-cultural, multi-linguistic nation, Tamil Nadu higher education minister K Ponmudy on Saturday said one language for the country is not acceptable.
Union home minister Amit Shah’s recent statement that Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English has stirred controversy in non-Hindi speaking states. At the two-day national conference on education, social justice and federalism organised by DMK students wing, the minister said, “Students should know the international language English for communicating with others and a local language to communicate within their own state.”
