Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.
Posting copies of the circular Stalin called it a ‘disrespect’ shown towards non-Hindi speakers of India and non-Hindi speaking employees of the company.
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin has raised strong objection to a circular issued by public sector insurance company- The New India Assurance and contended that the Union government and its institutions continued to give an “undue and unfair advantage to Hindi” over other Indian languages.
“While every citizen of India is contributing to its development, the Union Government and its institutions continue to give an undue and unfair advantage to Hindi, over other Indian languages in every possible way. Also, they are intent on spending their valuable resources on imposing Hindi down our throats, rather than for public welfare. The latest in this list is the unjust circular issued by New India Assurance company. It must be withdrawn with immediate effect and its Chairperson Neerja Kapur needs to apologize for the disrespect shown towards non-Hindi speakers of India and non-Hindi speaking employees of the company,” Stalin said.
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister claimed that “gone are the days of non-Hindi speaking citizens of India tolerating the second-class treatment meted out to them, despite their contribution in propelling India’s growth with their hard work and talent.”
The DMK supremo asserted that “Tamil Nadu and DMK will do everything under our power to #StopHindiImposition, as we have always strived in our history. We will remove the undeserving special status that Hindi enjoys everywhere in the Union Government, like Railways, Postal Department, Banking and Parliament that affects us and our people on a day-to-day basis. We pay our taxes, contribute to the progress and believe in our rich heritage and this nation’s diversity. Our languages deserve to be treated equally. We will resist any attempt to replace Tamil with Hindi in our land.”
In its recent circular, the New India Assurance Company asked its all regional offices to send their Hindi Quarterly progress report online and asked all regional offices to conduct mandatory Hindi workshops every quarter and various other rules insisting his employees must engage in Hindi in writing and speaking.
