New Delhi. Controversy over Hindi language has become a common thing now-a-days. Whoever is getting the opportunity, he is leaving no stone unturned to defame the national language Hindi. Now the name of Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister Ponmudi has also been included in this episode. Ponmudi has given a controversial statement regarding the Hindi language. Speaking controversially, he said that English as a language is more valuable than Hindi. Claimed that Hindi speaking people are selling Panipuri. Hindi should be optional and not compulsory.
In fact, Ponmudi is the Higher Education Minister of Tamil Nadu, who has now jumped into the ongoing controversy in the country regarding the Hindi language. Addressing a convocation ceremony at Bharathiar University Coimbatore on Friday, he said that English as a language is more valuable than Hindi. Hindi speaking people are engaged in jobs. Tauntingly, he said that Hindi speakers are selling panipuri in Coimbatore.
Ponmudi then spoke on the National Education Policy and promised to implement the beneficial aspects of 2020. But in the meantime he claimed that the state government is determined to implement only a two-language system. Sharing the stage with Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi at the convocation, he questioned why Hindi should be learned while English was an international language first. It is being taught since.
