-It is unfortunate that a controversy has arisen over language
-There is no regional language in India, the spirit of all languages is national
-All states should conduct their government, administration, and judicial process in their own language.
New Delhi, February 23 (HS): Joint General Secretary of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Shri Arun Kumar has said very clearly about the national language that all languages of India are national languages. All states should conduct their government, work, administration, and behavior in their own language. Hindi can be developed as a ‘common national language’ for easy communication at the national level, but it should not be forcibly imposed on anyone.
In a TV talk show named Ideas of India in Mumbai, the presenter had asked him that the Sangh always talks about nation first, whereas there are many states in our country that talk about state first. Especially regarding language, like Tamil Nadu or the states of the Northeast, they also want to give priority to their language. Whereas the national language of our country is Hindi. There is some opposition in many states regarding this. What is the view of the Sangh on this, whether all the states should adopt the national language. Should the language become a link connecting every state?
In response to this question, RSS Joint General Secretary Shri Arun Kumar said that the controversy that arises over language is unfortunate. Every state should develop its own language. Its government work, administration, judicial work, lower court, session court, and high court—all this should be done in its language. Secondly, there is no regional language in India. All the languages of India are national languages.
Citing the example of RSS’s second Sarsanghchalak Shri Guruji Golwalkar, Shri Arun Kumar said that once in Tamil Nadu, someone asked Shri Guruji whether the national language should be Hindi. Then he had said that ‘No, all the languages of India are national languages. All languages have the same meaning. All have the feeling of the whole country. There is no idea of the state in any language; there is the idea of the whole nation. That is, we have many languages, but the meaning is one. From this point of view, all languages should be uplifted.’
Shri Guruji further said that we have created an administrative setup for India, for which we will have to decide on a common national language from all the national languages to run it. In some periods, it was Sanskrit. In today’s time, it is not possible. Then Hindi can be such a language. If you do not decide on Hindi, then some common national language will take that place. If it is English, then it will not be a common national language; it will be a common foreign language. It cannot be an Indian language. The second thing he (Shri Guruji) said at that time was that if we make any foreign language our common national language, then the existence of our own language will also be in danger.
Shri Arun Kumar said that when I go on my tours across the country, I often see problems in local medium schools, such as Marathi medium in Maharashtra, Tamil medium in Tamil Nadu, and Bengali medium in Bengal. Because everyone is moving towards English medium. Actually, what is happening in India is very unfortunate.
Shri Arun Kumar again strongly underlined that all the languages of India are national languages. In every state of India, the governance, work, administration, and behavior should be according to the national language. Slowly, Hindi should rise as a common national language. This should be allowed to happen as a natural process. When you forcefully impose, there will be a reaction. And those who oppose only for their own selfish interests, I don’t think one should worry too much about them. Society is very intelligent. Where opposition is raised on the basis of language discrimination, for example, if we take the example of Tamil Nadu, there are lakhs of people who do a certificate course in Hindi through Hindi Pracharini Sabha.
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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar
