- Saturday, March 15, 2025
Janasena leader called for embracing linguistic diversity – “not only to maintain the integrity of our nation but also to foster love and unity among its people”
By: India Weekly
JANASENA founder and Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan attacked Tamil Nadu politicians for opposing Hindi while profiting from dubbed films.
While commemorating the 11th formation day of his party at Pithampuram in Kakinada on Friday 14), the actor-politician waded into the language controversy raging between Tamil Nadu and the Centre.
He said, “Why do Tamil Nadu politicians oppose Hindi while allowing their movies to be dubbed in Hindi for financial gain? They want money from Bollywood but refuse to accept Hindi – what kind of logic is that?”
Kalyan said that the country needs multiple languages, including Tamil, rather than just two dominant ones.
He called for embracing linguistic diversity – “not only to maintain the integrity of our nation but also to foster love and unity among its people,” Kalyan added.
The deputy chief minister also called for debates on delimitation amid worries among some politicians who argue that some states will lose their MP seats in the Lok Sabha.
The Janasena leader asserted his credentials as a Sanatan champion and his party’s success against several odds.
Recalling Janasena’s beginning, he said the party was all alone in 2014 and that he is looking forward to raising 100 leaders from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana who could influence the country.
“As we don’t have the fear of losing, we contested in 2019. Even after losing, we took a step forward. We stood our ground and upheld the party. We not only stood up for ourselves but also upheld the four-decade-old TDP,” said Kalyan, addressing a large meeting here in the East Godavari district.
He said the party entered the Legislative Assembly with a 100 per cent success rate by winning all the 21 seats it contested in the 2024 polls.
He cherished his association with TDP supremo and CM N Chandrababu Naidu and IT Minister Nara Lokesh, as he hit out at some of the news reports which, he said, accused him of shifting his ideology often.
Kalyan said that his ideology is to forge unity in diversity and claimed that the ideology Sanatan Dharma (Hinduism) is in his blood.
Communalism in India is a result of “pseudo-secularism,” he said.
“True secularism should be applied in true spirit, not for vote bank politics … I am even ready to die for Bharat,” Kalyan said.
DMK attacks Kalyan
Meanwhile, DMK leader TKS Elangovan said Tamil Nadu has always followed a two-language policy, with Tamil and English being taught in schools, and a bill was passed even before Kalyan was born.
“We have been opposing Hindi since 1938… We passed legislation in the state assembly that Tamil Nadu will always follow the two-language formula because of the advice and suggestions of the experts in education, not actors… The bill was passed way back in 1968 when Pawan Kalyan was not even born. He doesn’t know the politics of Tamil Nadu,” Elangovan said. (Agencies)
