Hyderabad, Feb. 21 -- The Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu took to the popular social media platform, Twitter in Urdu to emphasise the importance of one's mother tongue.

Quoting the celebrated poet, 'DaaGh' Dehlavi on the richness and popularity of Urdu, he urged users of the language to strive to protect and preserve its linguistic greatness. He also penned an article which was published in the Urdu daily,Siasaton the critical role played by one's mother tongue.

In his tweet, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu added that one's mother tongue is not only a medium of expression of one's thoughts and feelings, but is also an integral part of a vast linguistic, civilisational and cultural heritage. Here's a look at his tweets:

Welcoming Vice Pr...