🧵#TheIndiaFix: On Oct 9, the New Indian Express reported a significant piece of news:
Amit Shah-led committee had recommended that the medium of instruction in higher educational institutions, including Central universities, should mandatorily be Hindi. scroll.in/article/103622…
Just as drastically, the Committee of Parliament on Official Language recommended that government entrance exams – which are now conducted in both Hindi and English – should drop English. scroll.in/article/103622…
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Like in the 1960s, today’s Hindi push from Delhi has angered the Southern states.
The chief minister of Tamil Nadu bluntly described the committee’s recommendation as the start of a “language war”.
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#TheIndiaFix | Given the sharp reactions in states such as Tamil Nadu, what explains the BJP’s sharp push for the Hindi language? The answer might lie in a mixture of votes, ideology and jobs.
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Like the Congress before it, the BJP has a strong incentive to push Hindi to remain the pole of Indian politics.
@ShoaibDaniyal on the #HindiImposition
Part of the reason [behind the #HindiImposition] is the pull factor of the approaching 2024 Lok Sabha elections. But also important is the dire employment situation in the Hindi belt.
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