India, Sept. 23 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement on Hindi Divas that Hindi should be made the common language for the country drew strong reaction from various quarters. In his tweets, Amit Shah said, "India has many languages and every language has its importance. But it is absolutely necessary that the entire country should have one language that becomes India's identity globally". He also appealed that Hindi be made the primary language, saying that it is necessary to have one to represent India.
The political parties from the South said that they would oppose any move to impose Hindi. Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, called Shah's statement "a war cry" against the mother tongues of non-Hindi speakers. "The claim tha...