Amit Shah targets DMK, says some people using language as cover to "hide scams"

Hitting out at DMK over its opposition to the threelanguage formula Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said no attempt should be made to divide the nation on the basis of language and some people are using language as a cover to hide their scams and corruption Amit Shah who was replying to the debate in the Rajya Sabha on the working of his ministry said the Tamil Nadu government does not have the courage to translate medical and engineering study material into TamilI would like to say something so that those who divide the country in the name of language do not get their agenda Under the Department of Official Languages Narendra Modi government has set up Indian Languages Section which will work to enhance the use of all Indian languages Tamil Telugu Marathi Gujarati Punjabi Assamese Bengali all languages After December I will have written correspondence with citizens CMs Ministers and MPs in their own language Amit Shah saidWithout naming DMK he accused it of using language issue to hide scams This is a strong reply to those who run their shops in the name of language to hide their corruptionWhat are they saying That we oppose languages of the south How can this be possibleI come from Guajrat Nirmala Sitharanan from Tamil Nadu How can we oppose this What are you saying he saidAmit Shah said when an NDA government comes to power in Tamil Nadu it will provide medical and engineering course in Tamil We have worked for languagesI would like to tell Tamil Nadu Government we have been saying for two years that you do not have the courage to translate medical and engineering study material into TamilYou cannot do this When an NDA government comes to power in Tamil Nadu we will provide medical and engineering course in Tamil in Tamil Nadu he saidThe Home Minister said that Hindi has no competition with any other Indian language and is a friend of all Indian languages I would like to tell those who spread poison in the name of language that you like languages from thousands of kilometres away but you do not language of IndiaI have said this again and again Hindi has no competition with any other Indian language Hindi is a friend of all Indian languages all Indian languages strengthen from Hindi and Hindi strengthens from all Indian languages he saidHe also said that the BJP will expose DMKs wrongdoings by visiting every village and engaging with the public There has been a stalemate between the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government over the implementation of the threelanguage formula as part of the National Education Policy NEP 2020 Union Home Minister said that the InterState Council operates under the Ministry of Home Affairs and works to resolve issues between the center and the statesBetween 2004 and 2014 only 11 meetings of the Zonal Council were held but since 2014 27 meetings have taken place The Standing Committee had 14 meetings between 2004 and 2014 but since 2014 33 meetings have been held In the past only 448 issues were resolved in the Zonal Council meetings but during our government 1280 issues have been resolved He said that the InterState Council is an important tool in strengthening our federal structureAmit Shah said that the Vibrant Village Programme is important initiative There has been migration from villages located in difficult conditions on the countrys borders in search of better facilities and a country whose border villages are empty can never be safe Earlier the villages located on the borders were called the last villages but due to the new approach of the Modi government these are now called the first villages In the next few years these villages will also become the first in terms of facilities and this is the aim of the Vibrant Village Programme Under this programme 90 per cent of the funding is from the central government and 10 per cent from the state government In the first phase 455 villages from Arunachal Pradesh 75 from Himachal Pradesh 51 from Uttarakhand 46 from Sikkim and 35 from Ladakh have been adopted under this programmeThe Union Home Minister said that many efforts have been made for border security He mentioned that out of the total 12 Land Ports 11 have been established during our time and through these Land Ports trade worth Rs70959 crore and the movement of over 30 million passengers have taken place Amit Shah further stated that the government has plans for a total of 26 Land Ports He said that the Padma Awards have been given to people who were heroes to ordinary citizens and dedicated their entire lives to bringing small changes in society and the countryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever