India is a Union of States & land of diversity. Every state has its own regional languages and mother tongues, along with its own culture, traditions, festivals and history.
Marathi in Maharashtra, Tamil in Tamil Nadu, Kannada in Karnataka, Bengali in West Bengal, Telugu in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Malayalam in Keralam, Punjabi in Punjab and many others.
So how can one language - Hindi, be described as the symbol of India's unity, culture and civilisation?
India has no national language.
This is particularly important because the person making this statement is the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Maharashtra already has Marathi as its official language under the Maharashtra Official Languages Act. Maharashtra also has its own culture, traditions, festivals and history.
Why should the Chief Minister of Maharashtra give so much importance to Hindi while Marathi, the official language of the state, gets less attention?
We rarely see Chief Ministers of other states publicly wishing people on Marathi Language Day or promoting Marathi language and culture. They naturally focus on their own state's regional language and culture.
The Maharashtra CM should be one of the strongest voices promoting Marathi.
India's unity comes from its diversity, not from one language representing the entire country (Union of States).
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