DMK leader and Lok Sabha member Kanimozhi on Saturday demanded the suspension of AYUSH secretary Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha for allegedly asking non-Hindi speaking doctors to leave a training session.
In a tweet, Kanimozhi said: "The statement of Secretary of the Union Ministry of AYUSH Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha that non-Hindi speaking participants could leave during a Ministry's training session speaks volumes about the Hindi domination being imposed. This is highly condemnable."
She said: "Govt should place the Secretary under suspension and initiate appropriate disciplinary proceedings. How long is this attitude of excluding non-Hindi speakers to be tolerated?"
My letter to the Honorable Union Minister @shripadynaik on the reported hindi imposition.#StopHindiImposition pic.twitter.com/Wzlib2f9fl
— Kanimozhi (கனிமொழி) (@KanimozhiDMK) August 22, 2020
Agreeing with Kanimozhi, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said, “Not knowing English is understandable, but this arrogance of asking those who don't know Hindi to leave and insisting on speaking in Hindi is totally unacceptable."
The virtual training session for master trainers was organised by the Ministry of AYUSH.
Most of the speakers spoke in Hindi, which many delegates from non-Hindi speaking states, including 37 from Tamil Nadu said was difficult to follow.
Kotecha, while addressing the gathering said he was not fluent in English and will speak in Hindi and allegedly asked those seeking instructions in English to leave.
This is one among several recent instances where Kanimozhi has raged against alleged Hindi imposition. A few days ago, the MP had accused a CISF official of questioning her ‘Indian-ness’ when the DMK leader requested the official to speak in either English or Tamil since she didn’t know Hindi.
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