AIADMK leader M Thambidurai AIADMK leader M ThambiduraiAIADMK leader M Thambidurai, who is also Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, on Wednesday demanded that all Indian languages be called national and that official status be granted to these. “Let us pledge to see that all our languages are called national languages and not regional languages. Let us pledge to see that all languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, etc. While members cannot hear the speech in vernacular languages like Tamil and Bengali, they are forced to hear it in either Hindi or English, the two languages in which translation is available, Thambidurai said. Thambidurai also recalled the enthusiastic participation of people in the freedom movement from Tamil Nadu and named leaders who took active part in it.

Source: Indian Express August 09, 2017 14:15 UTC