The slogan of the BJP-led government ‘Sabka saath sabka vikas’ rings hollow as the only vikas seen on the ground is ‘Hindi language ka vikas’, where undue haste and importance is being shown to promote Hindi in all possible ways to the detriment of all the other languages listed in the Constitution. This is only inviting resentment as far as the non-Hindi speaking population is concerned.
In the long run, this enthusiasm for Hindi at all costs is likely to jeopardise the unity and integrity of the country built over years of hard work and shared mutual respect for all language groups. Why the government is pursuing a suicidal policy of division in the name of language is hard to fathom when there is so much to be done in other areas concerning the welfare of the people and their well-being.
V. Padmanabhan,
Bengaluru
