No conflict between Hindi and other Indian languages: Amit Shah

Emphasising that Hindi is the companion of all Indian languages, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah today said there is no conflict between Hindi and other Indian languages.

He was attending the 5th Akhil Bhartiya Rajbhasha Sammelan in Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat, on the occasion of Hindi Diwas 2025.

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Shah said that the biggest example of this is Gujarat. Scholars like Swami Dayanand Saraswati, Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and K.M. Munshi accepted Hindi and also promoted the language. He said that the coexistence of Gujarati and Hindi made Gujarat an excellent example of the development of both languages.

He said that Hindi is a part of the education system of Gujarat, and because of this, the reach of Gujarat’s children has expanded greatly across the country. He added that many visionary leaders taught Indian languages to communicate with each other and urged the promotion of Hindi in every state, as a result of which a person from Gujarat can go anywhere in the country and easily conduct business as well as gain acceptance.

Amit Shah said that for the last five years, the Akhil Bhartiya Rajbhasha Sammelan has been held outside Delhi in different parts of the country, which has provided a very good opportunity to strengthen dialogue between Hindi and other Indian languages.

He said that the experience of the past four conferences has been that such conferences provide new perspectives, energy, and inspiration. He emphasized that Hindi should not remain just a language of conversation and administration, but should also become the language of science, technology, justice, and policing. He added that when all work is done in Indian languages, the bonding with the people automatically deepens.

Shah urged all state Chief Ministers to send him letters in their respective languages, assuring that responses would be sent in the same language. He emphasised that the Sarathi system is equipped to translate in any language and also translate responses from Hindi into the recipient’s language. He added that, in the coming days, communication through Sarathi will be in one’s native language.