Amid the continuing debate over Hindi imposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, 20 May said that the BJP sees a reflection of Indian culture in every regional language and the government has given importance to every regional language in the new education policy.
"BJP sees a reflection of Indian culture in every regional language & considers them worth worshipping. We have given importance to every regional language in NEP," Modi said while addressing a BJP national office-bearers meeting via video conference.
The meeting was held in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
The national language debate was reignited in the country after Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in April that Indian people of different states should communicate with each other in Hindi and not English.
Presiding over the 37th meeting of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee, Shah said that when citizens of different states communicate with each other, "it should be in the language of India."
The row gained further traction after Bollywood star Ajay Devgn and Kannada actor Kiccha Sudeep argued on Twitter regarding Hindi being the country's national language.