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CISF Officer Asked If I’m Indian For Not Knowing Hindi: Kanimozhi

In reply, CISF said they have ordered an enquiry into the incident.

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Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Tamil Nadu M Kanimozhi on Sunday, 9 August tweeted about an incident at an airport, where she said she was asked if she was an Indian by a CISF officer, for not knowing Hindi.

Kanimozhi took to Twitter and said, “Today at the airport a CISF officer asked me if “I am an Indian” when I asked her to speak to me in tamil or English as I did not know Hindi. I would like to know from when being indian is equal to knowing Hindi. #hindiimposition.”

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