Home Minister Amit Shah said that Hindi should be the alternative to the English language and not other local languages.
He reportedly said this while presiding over the 37th meeting of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee.
Shah had discussed Hindi’s importance in India and is said to have underlined how it should be the appropriate alternative to the English language across the country.
“Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English and not to local languages,” Shah said, adding, “unless we make Hindi flexible by accepting words from other local languages, it will not be propagated”.
Shah has also said that now the time has come to make the Official Language an important part of the unity of the country. He also said that when citizens communicate with each other, they should always use Indian languages, whether regional or state-specific.