Posted 12/19/2023, 5:08:00 PM
Hindi Sparks Language Debate at INDIA Bloc Meeting
- Bihar CM Nitish Kumar snapped at DMK's T.R. Baalu for asking for an English translation of his Hindi speech at the INDIA meeting
- Kumar asserted that Hindi is the national language and everyone should understand it, launching into a tirade about India's freedom struggle
- No translation was provided of Kumar's or Lalu Prasad Yadav's speeches after that
- To compensate, later speakers who usually spoke Hindi switched to English, including Arvind Kejriwal
- Stalin criticized Congress for not fighting recent elections under the INDIA bloc banner and met with Kejriwal before the meeting