New Delhi: The BJP-led government’s directive asking central government employees to use Hindi while posting tweets or messages on social media has not gone down well with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha too.
In the letter, Jayalalithaa said that prioritising Hindi is a highly sensitive issue causes disquiet to the people of Tamil Nadu who are very proud of and passionate about their linguistic heritage.
Hence, I request you to kindly ensure that instructions are suitably modified to ensure that English is used on social media.
On Friday, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo Jayalalitha wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi, asserting that English should be medium of communication on social media.
Her letter has come a day after her rival; Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Karunanidhi opposed such a move, terming it as the beginning of imposition of Hindi.
Earlier this week, a news report had said that the central government has directed its employees and employees of central undertakings and banks to use Hindi or both Hindi and English on their official web pages in social media like Twitter, blogs, YouTube, Facebook and Google.
Bureau Report
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