NEW DELHI: The Government today assured Parliament that it was not trying impose any language “on anybody” in the country as it respected all Indian languagues.
Responding to the issue raised by CPI member D Raja in the Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said the Government’s policy is to promote all Indian languages.
“We respect all Indian languages and our effort will be to further the cause of all Indian languages. And we are not going to impose any language on anybody,” he said.
He was responding to Raja who had said there were reports regarding transfer of the functions of Central Institute for Classical Tamil, Chennai to Thiruvarur Central University.
He further said there was a “strong apprehension that this is being done keeping in view the ulterior designs to give special status to a couple of languages, may be Hindi and Sanskrit to undermine other languages.”
The CPI member demanded that the Central Institute for Classical Tamil sould remain in Chennai and function with full autonomous status. (AGENCIES)
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