Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan said that he was against forced imposition of language. In an interview given to Thanthi news channel, Pawan expressed his views on imposition of language and delimitation.
Pawan Kalyan was asked about sprinkling Tamil during his Jana Sena formation day speech, Pawan said during his teens he would be scared at times. It was during such phase he came across poet Bharatiyar’s words ‘achamillai achamillai’, he said. They gave him courage, he revealed. The words also gave him direction when he founded his party in 2014, said Pawan Kalyan.
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He then moved on to talk about the three language formula. Pawan shared Andhra Pradesh had 30 Tamil, 107 Odiya, 57 Kannada, 5 Sanskrit, 400 Urdu and more than 37,000 language schools. The idea was to promote education in their mother tongue. But it was not right to impose a language when asked about Tamil people’s fear of Hindi. If someone imposes a language, I will be the one to oppose it, he said. He gave his own example saying he learnt Tamil not by force, but by choice.
He said he knew Telugu, Hindi and English and added that this helped him in many instances. In fact, after learning Hindi, my proficiency in Telugu increased, he said. When one does not fear learning Britishers’ English, why fear Hindi, he questioned. He brushed aside apprehensions about many languages losing out to Hindi in the north.
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Pawan batted for three language formula and wondered why look at it as a hurdle and additional cost. Why not look at it as provider of more employment opportunities, said the Deputy CM.
Then he moved to the contentious issue of delimitation. It is known that Pawan said he had his views regarding delimitation and would share them at an appropriate time. When questioned about the same, Pawan Kalyan said that one must first fight in the Parliament and then take to other methods. How can one get on the roads first, he questioned.
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He said he too was against loss of Parliamentary seats. He said he firmly believed that delimitation would not reduce representation in Parliament.
Coming to expanding his party in Tamil Nadu, Pawan categorically said he had no such plans. When asked if BJP would rise in Tamil Nadu, Pawan said anything can happen in politics.
Lastly, he said his elder brother film star Chiranjeevi was proud of his political achievements.
