Mangaluru: Miscreants set SDPI office in Vitla on fire
Bantwal: In an incident of an arson attack that came to light on Monday morning, unknown miscreants allegedly set fire to the SDPI office in Vitla, on late Sunday night here.
It is learned that the fire was lit on the door outside the SDPI’s office, resulting in damage to the frontal areas of the office. Paint cans were found near the site, which has led to the speculations that paint was used to light the fire. Vitla police visited the site and have begun an investigation into the matter.
In response to the attack, SDPI Leader Kalander Parthipadi and Shakir Alakemajalu have said that in the aftermath of the Panchayat elections, in which the SDPI backed candidate saw an unprecedented victory, some elements have resorted to creating false accusations against the organization and tried to suppress them. This accident also could be an extension of the ongoing attacks against SDPI, they expressed. They also insisted that the troublemakers be apprehended at the earliest by the law enforcement.
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Affront to non-Hindi speaking people: Chidambaram slams use of Hindi words in bills' names
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader P Chidambaram has slammed the "increasing practice" of the government using Hindi words in the titles of the bills and said the change is an "affront" to the non-Hindi-speaking people.
Chidambaram said the non-Hindi-speaking people cannot identify a Bill/Act with titles that are in Hindi words written in English letters, and they cannot pronounce them.
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"I am opposed to the increasing practice of the government using Hindi words written in English letters in the title of the Bills to be introduced in Parliament," the former Union minister said late Monday night.
Hitherto, the practice was to write the title of the Bill in English words in the English version and in Hindi words in the Hindi version of the Bill, Chidambaram said.
"When no one pointed out any difficulty in the 75 year practice, why should government make a change?" he said.
"This change is an affront to non-Hindi speaking people and to States that have an official language other than Hindi," the Congress leader said.
Successive governments have reiterated the promise that English will remain an Associate Official Language, Chidambaram said.
"I fear that promise is in danger of being broken," the Congress MP said.
