NEW DELHI: DMK chief and Rajya Sabha MP MM Abdulla responded to Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu’s Hindi letter, saying that he didn’t perceive Hindi and requested that official communications be despatched in English as a substitute.
The response by the DMK MP follows a letter from the Union minister of state for railways, dated October 21, which raised issues about hygiene and meals high quality on trains. “You’ll recall that you simply had raised the matter in Rajya Sabha on August 5 beneath ‘Particular Point out’ concerning the standard and cleanliness of meals offered by Railways and stopping unauthorized promoting in trains and stations,” the Union minister had written in Hindi.
MM Abdulla shared photos of each Bittu’s letter and his response, saying regardless of repeated requests, the Union minister continued to speak in Hindi. He remarked that this time, he aimed to reply in a fashion Bittu would perceive and hoped for a change in strategy.
“The letter from the workplace of minister of state for railways is at all times in Hindi. I known as the officers posted in his workplace and stated that I did not know Hindi, please ship the letter in English, however the letter was in Hindi. I’ve despatched a reply in a means he would perceive and act accordingly,” he stated.
This occurs after, just lately a bitter disagreement broke out between TN CM Stalin and governor RN Ravi over Celebration of Hindi Month valedictory perform together with the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Chennai Doordarshan . The DMK supremo additionally urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rethink the Centre’s choice to carry Hindi-oriented occasions in non-Hindi talking states, arguing that such initiatives may pressure relationships amongst areas with distinct linguistic identities.
“If the Union authorities needs to proceed with these occasions, I counsel that native language celebrations in every state be given equal prominence,” Stalin had stated in his letter to PM Modi.
