Kanimozhi seeks suspension of AYUSH Secretary for for 'imposing Hindi' on doctors

DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi has written a letter to Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH, Shrip Yesso Naik urging him to immediately order an inquiry into incident of "discrimination on basis of language" by imposing Hindi language on non-Hindi speaking participants during a virtual training event conducted by Union Ministry of AYUSH. She also urged to take action on all officials who acted in a manner of discrimination towards attendants of webinar.

"I write this letter to bring to your attention an incident of imposition of Hindi, in violation of our constitutional principles, which has taken place during a virtual training event/webinar conducted by Union Ministry of AYUSH," re letter by Kanimozhi.

"During event, it has been reported that Union Secretary to Government, Ministry of AYUSH, has told non-Hindi speaking participants to leave meeting if y did not understand Hindi and continued to speak in Hindi," she ded.

Kanimozhi demands inquiry:

She also stated that issue was reported in various newspapers and also surfaced on social media.

"I urge you to immediately order an inquiry into abovementioned incident and take actions against all officials who have acted in a manner discriminating our fellow citizens on basis of language. Furrmore, I urge you to direct officials in your ministry to make sure that all official events are conducted in English and wherever Hindi is used, corresponding translation in English be provided for same," letter said.

"Furr, I would like to remind you about promise me by n Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 7th August 1959 on floor of Lok Sabha that as long as non-Hindi speaking states require English as an associate language, it will continue for an indefinite period," she stated.

She also appealed to suspend Secretary of AYUSH Ministry, Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha who she claimed perpetrated discrimination.

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