Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the Hindi language could possibly become the unifying factor in India.

His advocacy came months after the Union government quietly withdrew the new “three-language formula” in the draft New Education Policy 2019. The shift from the current “two-language formula” sought mandatory teaching of the language in schools and was seen as a move to impose Hindi on the non-Hindi speaking states.

Soon after states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and West Bengal erupted in opposition, the Centre quietly removed the contentious clause from the draft NEP.

At the Hindi Diwas on Saturday, Shah rekindled the controversy when he stressed on the ability of the widely-spoken language to “unite” the country and be representative of the nation at a global level.

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