New Delhi: After several other artists from the film industry, singer Sonu Nigam has now too jumped in Ajay Devgan and Kiccha Sudeep’s ‘national-language’ row.
Sharing his views on the controversy that erupted after a Twitter spat between Bollywood star Devgn and Kannada actor Sudeep Sanjeev in the previous week, Nigam said, “Although Hindi is the most spoken language in the country, it cannot be imposed over non-Hindi speaking people as the language has not been mentioned as a “national language in the Constitution”.
When asked about his take on Hindi being the national language, Nigam said, “As per my knowledge, Hindi is not written as a national language in the Constitution of India. I have consulted experts regarding this also. Hindi is the most spoken language in the country, I understand that. Having said that are we aware that Tamil is the world’s oldest language? There is a debate between Sanskrit and Tamil. People say Tamil is the oldest language in the entire world”.
He further predicted that this debate over accepting Hindi as the national language by all and imposing it on everyone will create unwanted tension and hatred in the nation, which is already going facing several internal issues.
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Perfect response to Ajay Devgn by Sonu Nigam: Let’s not divide people further in this country, where is it written that Hindi is our national language? ? pic.twitter.com/hC9nHbXJHy
— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) May 2, 2022
“Do we have fewer problems in the country that we need a new one? We are creating disharmony in the country by imposing a language on others, saying you are a Tamilian, you should speak Hindi. Why would they? People should have the right to decide the language they want to speak”, he added.
The latest remarks by the singer were made at an event in conversation with Sushant Mehta, the Founder, and CEO of BEAST Studios.