Every day there are controversies regarding many matters in the country. Then cricketer R Ashwin has now come into controversy. It is noteworthy that during the Australia tour, star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin had said goodbye to international cricket. Fans were surprised by this decision of Ashwin. Ashwin has returned home from Australia after the Gaba Test but he has given such a statement that a new controversy has arisen.
What did R say? Ashwin?
R Ashwin was addressing students at a program in an engineering college in Chennai. J Darnion R Ashwin said that Hindi is not the national language of India. With this statement of Ashwin, the discussion on language has started once again. When he came on stage to speak he asked those who wanted to listen in English to cheer. There was no reaction from the audience. When he said that he wanted to listen in Tamil, he got a good response from the audience. He said that if you want to listen in Hindi then the voice of no particular people is heard. Then R Ashwin had said that Hindi is not our national language. Hindi is the official language. As soon as he said this, the people present at the program became excited. This video has gone viral on social media.
The debate is intense on social media
R. This statement of Ashwin has sparked debate on social media. Some people argued that Ashwin should refrain from commenting on such issues. so one more
The user commented that Ashwin has already said in the interview that when you go out of Tamil Nadu and do not know Hindi, how difficult life becomes. Can’t we learn this? Which most of the people of India know?
politics shined
R. On Ashwin’s statement, DMK leader TKS Elangovan said, ‘How can Hindi be the official language when different languages are spoken in many states?’ However, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appealed that the language debate should not be started again. BJP leader Uma Anandan said that it would not be surprising if DMK would appreciate it. I want to ask him whether Ashwin is a national cricketer or a Tamil Nadu cricketer.
It is noteworthy that in the 1930-40s, there was a lot of opposition to the implementation of Hindi as a compulsory language in the schools of Tamil Nadu. The objective of the Dravidian movement was to promote the Tamil language and emphasize the rights of Tamil speakers. This movement played a major role in protesting against the Hindi language. Dravidian political parties like DMK, AIADMK have long been advocating the use of Tamil language instead of Hindi. They argue that promoting Hindi will marginalize the local identity of regional languages like Tamil.
Is Hindi the national language or the official language?
Let us tell you that Hindi got the status of official language on 14 September 1949. After this, from 1953, the Official Language Promotion Committee started organizing Hindi Day every year on 14 September. Due to its diversity, India has no national language, but Hindi was given the status of an official language to create a linguistic basis for working in government offices. Important provisions have also been made in this regard in Part 17 of the Constitution. Article 343(1) of Part XVII of the Constitution of India states that the official language of the country shall be Hindi and the script shall be Devanagari.
