Pondy CM registers protest against Amit Shah's pitch for Hindi

Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Sunday registered strong protest against Union Minister Amit Shah's pitch for Hindi as common language and claimed it was a "clear exposure of the hidden agenda" of the Centre to impose the language on non-Hindi speaking states.

The Chief Minister's comments come a day after Shah batted for a common language for the country and said it is Hindi which was spoken the most and can unite the whole country.

Addressing reporters, Narayanasamy said, "India is a multi lingual, multi cultural and secular nation and any move to impose Hindi would only strike at the pluralistic features of the nation and its cultural identity."