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There is no thrusting of Hindi: Nirmala Sitharaman rejects DMK's allegation

DMK announced state-wide seminars against what it called 'wanton thrusting' of Hindi by Centre

Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Photo: PTI
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Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Photo: PTI

Press Trust of India Chennai
Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday assured there would be no imposition of Hindi and lashed out at the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) for accusing the Centre of "wanton thrusting" of the language.
 
"There is no thrusting of Hindi" as alleged by DMK working president M K Stalin, she said here.
 
Sitharaman, the Union minister of state for commerce and industry, sought to turn the tables on him, asking what his party was doing when it was part of the previous Congress-led UPA regime, indicating there was the imposition of Hindi then.
 
She referred to the 'Ek Bharat Shresht Bharat'