Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Saturday said that everyone should speak their mother tongue first and there should not be any compromises on it.
Speaking on the sidelines of the International Mother Language Day celebration event in Agartala, Saha said: “Today is International Mother Language Day. Its history is known to everyone. Everyone should speak their mother tongue as Union Home Minister Amit Shah said. Everyone should interact with children at home in their mother tongue, otherwise our traditions, history and culture will be forgotten,” he said.
Recalling Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s emphasis on communication in the mother tongue in his address at a joint regional official language conference on Friday, CM Saha said: “As the Home Minister said, I want to say that your mother tongue is first and then some other language, be it Hindi or any other language. There is no harm in knowing any language. You can learn English too, but the mother tongue is first. In this case, there will not be any compromise.”
The Home Minister, who was on a one-day visit to Tripura, urged everyone to communicate with their children in their mother tongue at home, otherwise the children would be deprived of the literature, tradition and culture of their mother tongue.
He said that there cannot be any disagreement between Hindi and Indian languages because they are sisters from the same mother and when Hindi is promoted, all languages automatically become stronger and all languages gain strength.
