Hindi should be alternative to English, not local languages’: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah has discussed the importance of the Hindi language in the country and highlighted how it should be the appropriate alternative to the English language across the country.

While presiding over the 37th meeting of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee on the premises of the parliament, Shah said that Hindi should be the alternative to the English language and not other local languages.

"Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English and not to local languages," Shah said, adding, "unless we make Hindi flexible by accepting words from other local languages, it will not be propagated".