Chennai sources stated that Tamil echoes across the United States, Prime Minister Narendra modi said in Chennai yesterday, adding to references to the language that he made while speaking while about the nation's linguistic diversity during his speeches in the past week. Meanwhile the comments by PM Modi, who made his first visit to Tamilnadu since his BJP returned to power for a second term in May, comes after Home Minister Amit Shah's controversial remark about Hindi becoming a common language.
PM modi who began his brief speech at Chennai airport with the Tamil greeting "Vanakkam (Hello)"When I was staying in America, I spoke in the Tamil language once and told everyone that this is one of the ancient languages. Even today, the Tamil language echoes in entire America”. Furthermore the Prime Minister, who is in Chennai to attend the convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of technology (Madras), has just returned from a week long visit to the US where he made at least three public references to the diversity of languages in India.
Earlier on Friday, while addressing the United Nations, the Prime Minster stressed on the need for a universal brotherhood and quoted Kaniyan Pungundranar, a Tamil poet who lived more than three thousand years ago. He said "We belong to all places and to everyone”.
