Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted people on the occasion of ‘Hindi Diwas’ and said that its simplicity, spontaneity and sensitivity always attract people. He further extended greetings to all those people who have contributed tirelessly in making Hindi prosperous and empowered.
“Hindi has brought special honour to India all over the world. It’s simplicity, spontaneity and sensitivity always attract. On Hindi Diwas, I extend my heartfelt greetings to all those people who have contributed tirelessly in making it prosperous and empowered,” PM Modi said in a tweet.
Highlighting the importance of local languages, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said without the progress of the mother tongue, the progress of the official language is not possible.
Addressing the second Akhil Bharatiya Rajbhasha Sammelan, Shah said, “Local languages and Hindi are the life of our cultural flow. If we want to understand the soul of our culture and history, we will have to learn the official language. If we want to understand these, we will have to strengthen our local languages.” Quoting Bhartendu Harishchandra, the minister said that without the progress of the mother tongue, the progress of the official language is not possible.
“While strengthening every language, we have to move forward to give strength to the official language while strengthening the local language. Official language and local languages will together uproot the inferiority complex of languages created by the British, the time has come for that,” he said.