PM hits out at political parties for not doing enough to support Indian languages

Chikkaballapura: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hit out at political parties which "played a game" over languages without doing enough to support them, and alleged they did not want students from villages, the poor and those from backward class families to become doctors or engineers. Highlighting the challenges faced by youth from villages and poor families in joining the medical profession, he said the BJP government headed by him understood these issues and provided them with the option of getting a medical education in Indian languages, including Kannada. In his address after inaugurating the Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, he said, some parties had "played a game" over languages for the sake of their political selfishness and vote bank politics; but they did not put the effort that was needed to support languages in a true sense. "These political parties did not want the sons and daughters from villages, poor and backward class families to become doctors or engineers, whereas our government which works for the welfare of the poor has given an option of medical education in Indian languages, including Kannada," he added.