Face of Nation : Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday urged people neither to oppose nor impose any language and pitched for learning as many languages as possible.
“Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today called upon people to learn as many languages as possible and asserted that there should not be imposition of any language, nor should there be opposition to any particular language,” a statement issued by his secretariat said.
Mr Naidu made these observations days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Hindi should be a common language, triggering a political row. Mr Shah had later said he never asked for imposition of Hindi over native languages in the country but advocated its use as the second language.
Interacting with a group of school students in Delhi, Mr Naidu also said the stress should be on promoting mother tongue, other languages should also be learnt.
