Hindi is not India's national language, will never let it happen: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, Apr 8: Asserting that Hindi is not India's national language, former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday accused the ruling BJP of trying to unleash its agenda of "cultural terrorism" against non-Hindi speaking states.
Taking offence to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's comment regarding the official language, the Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka assembly accused him of betraying the former's home state Gujarat and mother-tongue Gujarati for Hindi, for his political agenda.
Shah on Thursday said Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English and not to local languages.
Presiding over the 37th meeting of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee, Shah had said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided that the medium of running the government is the official language and this will definitely increase the importance of Hindi.
"As a Kannadiga, I take strong offence to @HMOIndia @AmitShah's comment on Official language & medium of communication. Hindi is not our National Language & we will never let it to be," Siddaramaiah tweeted with the tagline "#IndiaAgainstHindiImposition"
Stating that linguistic diversity is the essence of our country and we will respect each other's sentiments, the former chief minister said pluralism is what has held our nation together and any attempt by the BJP to undo this will be met with strong opposition and retaliation.
"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.
Pointing out that 70 per cent of the agenda of the Cabinet is prepared in Hindi, Shah at the committee meeting had said the time has now come to make the official language Hindi an important part of the unity of the country.
He, however, had said Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English and not to local languages.
Alleging that BJP is trying to unleash its agenda of cultural terrorism against non-Hindi speaking states, Siddaramaiah said the efforts of poets, authors, actors, and icons of Karnataka Ekikarana (unification) movement and others in strengthening the state shall be protected forever.
"It is time for the BJP to understand that more linguistic and cultural autonomy should be given to states. All-India exams have to be held in regional languages, NEP has to be reworked to avoid Hindi imposition and all major state languages should be official languages," he said.
"It is disgraceful on the part of Amit Shah to betray his mother state Gujarat and mother-tongue Gujarati for Hindi for his political agenda. I wonder how a person who betrays his motherland can ever work in the interest of India," he said, adding that Shah's roots are from where Mahatma Gandhi was born, but behaving like Savarkar".
Further noting that history clearly suggests that any attempt to impose Hindi in other states have not gone well, Siddaramaiah said: "We take pride in Kannada identity and we believe that Karnataka, as our poet laureate Kuvempu said, is the daughter of Bharata."
ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳು ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಭಾಷೆಯಾಗಿ ಹಿಂದಿಯನ್ನು ಬಳಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಗೃಹಸಚಿವ @AmitShah ಅವರು ಫರ್ಮಾನು ಹೊರಡಿಸಿರುವುದು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಆಕ್ಷೇಪಾರ್ಹ ನಡವಳಿಕೆಯಾಗಿದೆ.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 8, 2022
ಒಬ್ಬ ಸ್ವಾಭಿಮಾನಿ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗನಾಗಿ ಈ ಹೇಳಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ತೀವ್ರವಾಗಿ ಖಂಡಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.
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ಹಿಂದಿ, ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್, ತಮಿಳು, ಮಲೆಯಾಳಿ, ಗುಜರಾತಿ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಯಾವ ಭಾಷೆಗೂ ನಾವು ವಿರೋಧಿಗಳಲ್ಲ. ಆದರೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೆ ಮೊದಲ ಸ್ಥಾನ. ಯಾವುದೇ ಒಂದು ಭಾಷೆಯನ್ನು ಹೇರಲು ಹೊರಟರೆ ಸಹಿಸಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯ ಇಲ್ಲ.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 8, 2022
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ನಮ್ಮ ಭಾಷಾ ನಿಲುವು ಮತ್ತು ದೇಶ-ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳ ಸಂಬಂಧವನ್ನು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಕವಿ ಕುವೆಂಪು ಅವರು ದಶಕಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆಯೇ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ವ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾನಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 8, 2022
"ಜಯಭಾರತ ಜನನಿಯ ತನುಜಾತೆ, ಜಯ ಹೇ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಮಾತೆ' ಎನ್ನುವ ಕವಿ ನುಡಿಯೇ ನಮ್ಮ ಭಾಷಾ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ.
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ಕೇಂದ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ @BJP4India ಅಧಿಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದ ದಿನದಿಂದ ಹಿಂದಿಯನ್ನು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಭಾಷೆ ಎನ್ನುವ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಂಬಿಸುವ ಜೊತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ, ರಾಜ್ಯ ಭಾಷೆಗಳನ್ನು ದಮನಿಸುವ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಲೇ ಇದೆ. ಇದನ್ನು ಹಿಂದಿಯೇತರ ಭಾಷೆಗಳನ್ನಾಡುವ ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳು ಕೂಡಿ ಪ್ರತಿಭಟಿಸುವ ಕಾಲ ಸನ್ನಿಹಿತವಾಗಿದೆ.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 8, 2022
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ಗುಜರಾತಿನಿಂದ ಬಂದಿರುವ @AmitShah ಅವರ ಮಾತೃಭಾಷೆ ಗುಜರಾತಿ. ಇವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಮಾತೃಭಾಷೆಯನ್ನೇ ಕಡೆಗಣಿಸಿ ಹಿಂದಿ ಭಾಷೆಯ ಗುಲಾಮಗಿರಿ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ವಿಷಾದನೀಯ.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 8, 2022
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ಅಮಿತ್ ಶಾ ಅವರ ತವರು ಗುಜರಾತ್ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಮಣ್ಣಿನ ಮಗನಾದ ಮಹಾತ್ಮ ಗಾಂಧೀಜಿ ಬಹು ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ, ಬಹುಭಾಷೆಗಳ ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಕರಾಗಿದ್ದರು. ಆದರೆ @AmitShah ಅವರಿಗೆ ಗಾಂಧೀಜಿಯವರಿಗಿಂತ ಏಕ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ, ಏಕಭಾಷೆಯ ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಕರಾದ ಸೂಡೊ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯವಾದಿ ಸಾವರ್ಕರ್ ಪ್ರಿಯರಾಗಿರುವುದು ದುರಂತ.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 8, 2022
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ತಮಿಳುನಾಡು, ಕೇರಳ, ಆಂಧ್ರಪ್ರದೇಶ, ಒಡಿಸ್ಸಾ, ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಬಂಗಾಳ ಮತ್ತು ಈಶಾನ್ಯ ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳು ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ದೇಶದ ಬಹುತೇಕ ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳು ಹಿಂದಿಯನ್ನು ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಸಂಪರ್ಕಭಾಷೆಯಾಗಿ ಬಳಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಅವುಗಳ ಜೊತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಂದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ವ್ಯವಹರಿಸಬೇಕೆನ್ನುವುದು ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆಯಾಗಿದೆ.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 8, 2022
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ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಗೃಹಸಚಿವ @AmitShah ಅವರ ಹೇಳಿಕೆ ಒಕ್ಕೂಟ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯ ಆಶಯಗಳಿಗೆ ವಿರುದ್ಧವಾಗಿರುವುದು ಮಾತ್ರವಲ್ಲ, ಮಾತೃಭಾಷೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಮಾಡಿರುವ ಅವಮಾನವಾಗಿದೆ. ಅನಗತ್ಯ ಘರ್ಷಣೆಗೆ ಎಡೆಮಾಡಿಕೊಡುವ ಈ ಬೇಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿ ಹೇಳಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಅಮಿತ್ ಶಾ ಅವರು ತಕ್ಷಣ ಹಿಂದೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 8, 2022
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Marxism will remain relevant despite Left electoral's losses, says general secretary M A Baby
New Delhi (PTI): CPI(M) General Secretary M A Baby on Thursday asserted that the Left movement would remain relevant despite not being in power in any state, saying the ideology would continue to endure as long as social and economic inequalities persist.
Hitting back at BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar over his reported remarks that Marxism had become irrelevant, Baby, in an interview with PTI Videos, said, "So long as there is division in society, so long as there is exploitation of the majority of workers, peasants and ordinary masses by a handful of billionaires, Marxism will remain relevant."
"That perhaps Mr Rajeev Chandrasekhar may not be able to understand, but this is the fact of the matter," he said.
Baby acknowledged that the CPI(M)-led Left was currently without an elected government in any state, but maintained that electoral setbacks would not diminish the movement's role.
"We may not have an elected government in any state. There were occasions when we didn't have a government. But the red flag and the commitment to organise and struggle for the rights of the dispossessed, marginalised and exploited will always be upheld by CPI(M) and the Left movement," he said.
He said the Left continued to enjoy support among workers, peasants, agricultural labourers, youth, students and women, and argued that the movement remained necessary because "oppression and assault" continued in society.
"So long as such problems exist in society, the red flag and the working class movement will continue to work among the masses," the Left leader said.
Exuding confidence on the Left's revival, Baby said the party would reflect on the reasons behind its electoral loss.
"We may be rejected in one election, but we will stage our comeback by understanding what went wrong with us," he said, adding, "We will listen to people and we will come back with higher strength."
Baby also criticised the Congress over reported factional tensions in Kerala after the Congress-led United Democratic Front's victory in the state.
"The way they are behaving is being watched by the people of Kerala," he said, referring to infighting within the Congress.
"Those who have given a massive majority to Congress and UDF would be watching all this," he added, while urging party leaders to "settle the problem in an amicable, democratic manner".
Referring to West Bengal, Baby alleged that violence had escalated following the BJP's victory in the state assembly polls.
"It is quite unfortunate that the moment BJP snatched a massive victory in West Bengal, violence has also started on a big scale," he said.
He also accused the Trinamool Congress of being "notorious for violent activities" and alleged that the "RSS-controlled BJP" had "unleashed violence in many places" after the election results.
"This is not good for Bengal, not good for the country. We wish and hope that normalcy would be restored as soon as possible," he said.
Baby said the CPI(M) and the Left in West Bengal would continue efforts to "pacify people" and avoid violence and confrontation.
Asked about former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan not reacting publicly to the election results, Baby said Vijayan would respond "at an appropriate time".
