Punjab Education Minister and Congress’ national spokesperson Vijay Inder Singla said that the ideology of ‘One Nation One Language’, being propounded by the BJP, would sound a death knell for the country’s federal structure and is detrimental for a country like India having multi-linguistic states.
Singla said that the Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement, advocating ‘One Nation and One
Language’, has brought the cat out of the bag about the BJP’s intentions. “India is a multi-linguistic, multi-cultural society with the principle of unity in diversity deeply embedded in the Constitution but the statement by the BJP leader is in direct contravention of the basic spirit of the Constitution. Attempts are underway to weaken the Constitution and the constitutional institutions being undermined ever since the NDA government has assumed reins of power,” he said.
Challenging the Akali Dal to clarify its stand on the issue, Singla said that the stony silence on the issue being maintained by the Akalis exposes lies perpetrated by them about their concern for the federal structure as well as the rights of the States.
