Some states have taken issue with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demand on the countrywide adoption of Hindi, the primary language of northern India, believing it would destroy their cultural legacy.
The imposition of Hindi has always led to problems between the central government and the states in linguistically varied India.
The New York Times said on Sunday that Modi’s drive to have Hindi, the language of his northern Indian power base and a representation of his quest to unite the nation under the idea of Hindu nationalism, adopted nationwide has recently sparked high-profile fights.
In the western Indian state of Maharashtra, which is run by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
