New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah's push for Hindi to make it a national language, however, has drawn different suggestions from opposition party leaders. Shah wanted people from different states should start to communicate in Hindi instead of English.
He is of the opinion that people of the country can be united on Hindi.
But that is not the case with other states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and West Bengal where the regional languages have been considered to be the matter of proud.
Terming Shah's call for Hindi a cultural terrorism in non-Hindi speaking states, former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that Hindi never been a national language, and it will never be the one.
"Imposing Hindi is a sign of coercive federalism rather than cooperative federalism. Myopic view of BJP regarding our languages needs to be corrected, and their opinions are derived from pseudo-nationalists like Savarkar," Siddaramaiah added.
"The Hindi imposition is an attack on the unity of India," was the reaction Tamil Nadu MK Stalin made against Amit Shah's remark. Stalin reminded Shah that neither Hindi nor uniformity could create unity, and the BJP government has been on a futile attempt.
The Trinamool Congress also said any effort to impose Hindi on non-Hindi speaking states will be resisted. Stating that Hindi was not India's national language; the TMC said his agenda of "one nation, one language and one religion" will remain unfulfilled.
Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress warned against the BJP's agenda of establishing "one nation, one language and one religion," saying any forceful attempt to impose Hindi will be resisted.
"If Amit Shah and the BJP try to impose Hindi on non-Hindi speaking states, it will be resisted. The people of this country, where there is so much diversity, will never accept such a thing. Even India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru had said that Hindi will not be imposed on non-Hindi speaking states until they are willing to accept it," senior TMC leader Sougata Roy said.