Amaravathi, March 15 -- Amid the ongoing tussle between the Centre and Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan on Saturday clarified his stance on the Hindi language debate, asserting that he has never opposed Hindi as a language but only objected to its compulsory imposition.

In a post on X, speaking out against the misinterpretation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Kalyan emphasized that the policy offers students the flexibility to choose from a range of Indian languages, including their mother tongue, alongside a foreign language.

"Either imposing a language forcibly or opposing a language blindly; both don't help to achieve the objective of National & Cultural integration ...