Amit Shah Pledges Native-Language Communication by December 2025
The Union Home Minister asserts no language will be imposed as Tamil Nadu resists the National Education Policy’s three-language formula.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that his ministry will begin communicating with states in their native languages starting December 2025.
- Shah reaffirmed that Hindi is not in competition with other Indian languages, describing it as a 'friend' and 'sister' to regional tongues.
- The Tamil Nadu government continues to reject the three-language formula, maintaining its two-language policy of Tamil and English.
- Efforts to promote regional languages include translating engineering and medical courses into local languages, Shah emphasized.
- Shah criticized the use of language politics to obscure corruption, calling all Indian languages cultural treasures that foster national unity.