Reportedly Kamal said “Do not make an inclusive india, an exclusive one,” and the Chief of Makkal Needhi Maiam Kamal Haasan as a sharp retort to Union Home Minister amit shah’s proposal of ‘one nation, one language’ policy. He said “No Shah, Sultan or Samrat should renege on the promise of unity in diversity of india”.
When breaking his silence on the controversy, kamal hassan, in a 1.33-minute long video said that Indians were promised unity in diversity when the country became a republic. Furthermore after indicating that the promise is being taken back by the present union government, kamal hassan warned that the battle for language will be many times bigger than the Jallikattu protest of 2017.
Moreover kamal hassan pointed to india’s national anthem and said, “Most of the nation happily sings its national anthem in Bengali, with pride, and will continue to do so. The reason is that the poet who wrote the national anthem gave due respect to all languages and cultures within the anthem”. Previously amit shah stated that only Hindi can unite the country. He also urged the people of india to use their mother tongues but also Hindi more often, thus contributing to fulfilling the dream of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhai Patel of ‘one nation, one language’.
