NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, AUG 10
DMK president MK Stalin on Monday took umbrage over the incident in which his sister and party MP Kanimozhi was asked by a CISF official if “she was an Indian” as she could not speak Hindi, asking if knowing that language was the ”yardstick” of being an Indian.
இந்தி தெரியாது என்று சொன்னதால், 'நீங்கள் இந்தியரா?' என்று விமானநிலைய பாதுகாப்பு அதிகாரி ஒருவர் @KanimozhiDMK வை பார்த்துக் கேட்டுள்ளார்.
இந்திதான் இந்தியன் என்பதற்கான அளவுகோலா? இது இந்தியாவா? “இந்தி”-யாவா?
பன்முகத்தன்மைக்கு புதைகுழி தோண்டுகிறவர்களே அதில் புதையுண்டு போவார்கள்!
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) August 10, 2020
“Is Hindi the yardstick for being an Indian. Is this India or Hindia,” the DMK chief said in a tweet.
Kanimozhi has alleged a CISF official at Chennai airport had asked her if “she was an Indian” as the DMK leader could not speak Hindi.
Stalin, whose party, as a policy, is opposed to the “imposition” of Hindi for decades, further said in the tweet that those trying to “bury pluralism” will get “buried.”
On Sunday, Kanimozhi had tweeted “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,” prompting the paramilitary force to order an inquiry.
“It is not the policy of CISF to insist upon any particular language,” it said.
