Opposing Home Minister Amit Shah's pitch for Hindi as the nation's common language, AIADMK on Saturday cautioned against its 'imposition' while the DMK demanded that he withdraw his view, since it would "infringe national integrity."
AIADMK leader and Tamil culture Minister K Pandiarajan said: "if the Centre imposes Hindi unilaterally, there will only be (adverse) reaction and no support, not only in Tamil Nadu, but also in states like Bengal, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh."
PMK founder leader S Ramadoss dubbed Shah's remark as flawed and said Hindi must not be "imposed."
CPI State Secretary R Mutharasan said Tamil speaking people should unite to thwart the Centre's policy of "linguistic chauvinism."
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