Chennai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the allegations of Hindi imposition are not correct. The central government is not forcing the Hindi language on anybody. She made the statement while she was attending the inaugural programme of the International Business Conference of Nagarathars 2019 as the chief guest, at Chennai.
"On the contrary, under Shreshtha Bharat Scheme, govt is only propagating the Tamil language. Whatever has happened recently, it has happened at an administrative level, it can't be taken as an imposition," she added.
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Chennai: The allegations of Hindi imposition is definitely not correct. The central government is not forcing Hindi language on anybody. pic.twitter.com/LwcbyeOWVs
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">Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Chennai: The allegations of Hindi imposition is definitely not correct. The central government is not forcing Hindi language on anybody. pic.twitter.com/LwcbyeOWVs
— ANI (@ANI) July 20, 2019Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Chennai: The allegations of Hindi imposition is definitely not correct. The central government is not forcing Hindi language on anybody. pic.twitter.com/LwcbyeOWVs
— ANI (@ANI) July 20, 2019
While justifying her move of breaking the tradition of carrying a suitcase to present the budget, she said, "I didn't carry a suitcase. We aren't a suitcase-carrying govt as suitcase also denotes something else, suitcase-taking, suitcase-giving. Modi Ji's govt is not suitcase govt."
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