No proposal for one nation, one language: Govt to Parliament
5 years, 1 month ago

No proposal for one nation, one language: Govt to Parliament

India TV News  

The Constitution accords equal importance to all the languages of the country and there is no proposal for "one nation, one language", the government informed Parliament on Wednesday. "There is no proposal for one nation-one language," Reddy said. The minister's reply comes in the backdrop of protest by leaders of several non-Hindi speaking states and pro-Kannada organisations, who had taken to the streets in September after Union Home Minister Amit Shah proposal spoke of 'One Nation, One Language'. In reply to another question, the minister said the incidents of communal violence, in the last three years, have shown a "declining trend" in the country.

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