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Rahul Gandhi celebrated his 55th birthday on 19 June 2025.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that English empowers. It is not shameful and should be taught to every child. Rahul alleged that BJP-RSS does not want poor children to learn this language, because they do not want them to ask questions and achieve equality.
This post of Rahul came after Amit Shah’s comment, in which Shah said that those who speak English in this country will soon be ashamed.
Rahul Gandhi wrote on X-
English is not a bridge, a bridge. English is not shame, power. Not English chained, is a tool to break the chains. BJP-Rss does not want India’s poor child to learn English, because they do not want you to ask questions, go ahead, equalize. In today’s world, English is as important as your mother tongue, because this will provide employment, increase confidence. Every language of India has soul, culture, knowledge. We have to cherish them, and also teach English to every child. This is the way of an India that will compete with the world, which gives every child a chance to equal.
Shah had said- we are not Indians without the languages of our country
Shah said on the ‘future of Indian languages’ including Hindi,’ No foreign language can be sufficient to understand our country, your culture, its history and your religion. The whole of India cannot be imagined through incomplete foreign languages.
I know well, how difficult this fight is, but I am confident that Indian society will win it. Once again, with self -respect, we will run our country in our languages and lead the world.
TMC leaders also jumped into language dispute
Amidst the debate over the language, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O Bryan said on Friday that India has 22 constitutionally recognized languages and 19,500 languages and dialects and this is unity in the diversity of our country. 97% of people use any of the recognized languages as their mother tongue. Amit Shah, PM Narendra Modi and his gang will never understand this.
Rajya Sabha member of TMC MC Sagarika Ghosh also wrote on X- Indians should not be ashamed of any language.
What is said in the Indian Constitution on language…
The 22 languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution are Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
When the Constitution was adopted in 1950, Article 343 announced that Hindi would be an official language and English would serve as an additional official language for more than 15 years.
In the Official Language Act, 1963, there was a provision to continue Hindi as well as English as official language. It came into force on 26 January 1965. It states that English should continue to be used for all official objectives of the Sangh and work in Parliament.
The Act also states that English language will be used for communication between the Sangh and a state, which has not adopted Hindi as its official language.
Language dispute going on in 3 states in the country
- Maharashtra : In May-June 2025, a government GR was released to make Hindi mandatory as a third language in class 1-5. The protest intensified, Raj Thackeray, Marathi Sahitya Parishad, Parent -Teachers Group and Educationists described it as an attempt to impose Hindi.
- Later amended, Hindi became alternative, but only 20 students can be taught by taking options, which critics are considering back door impression.
- Tamil Nadu: In the three -language policy of NEP‑2020, there is a strong protest against the inclusion of the third language to Hindi. Chief Minister MK Stalin said that this would mean to face the 1950‑60s movement again.
- Karnataka: In the recent controversy, Kannada language supporting organizations intervened against the release of Kamal Haasan’s film Thug Life. The Supreme Court directed the government to respect the condolences of Kannada language, keep the cinema.
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