Chennai, Jan. 30 -- Tamil Nadu Industries Minister TRB Rajaa today denied any anti-Hindinarrative in the state but asserted that they oppose the imposition of any language.
Tamil Nadu is home to a large Hindi-speaking population, he said, stressing that even thosefrom other countries have settled in the state in large numbers.
"We have the largest German and Japanese population. All these foreigners can find theirhappiness in Tamil Nadu. I wonder why my Hindi-speaking friends can't be here. We havea humongous Hindi-speaking population too, and they are very happy in Tamil Nadu",he said, in his address at NDTV Tamil Nadu Summit.
However, it remains a civilizational duty to protect Tamil, he underlined.
The government never said it would ...