Overview

• A technical glitch briefly cut off English interpretation in the Lok Sabha before translation services were restored and proceedings resumed.
• Tamil Nadu MPs asked BJP MP Nishikant Dubey to switch to English; he refused and continued speaking in Hindi.
• Dubey criticized English as a “foreign language” and said he would have welcomed requests to speak in Tamil or Bengali.
• He warned that promoting English threatens to make India “slaves again” under foreign influence.
• The confrontation has reignited broader disputes over the status of Hindi, English and regional languages in Parliament.