Summary:
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said he supports Hindi as the national language and said over 50 per cent of Indians speak Hindi. “The union home minister Amit Shah himself is a Gujarati and even then he supports Hindi as the national language,” the CM said. “Those opposing Hindi as national language are those people who have no affection left with this country,” Deb further said. The CM, however, made it clear that he was not against English or was trying to impose Hindi. “I am supporting Hindi as the national language as maximum Indians speak the language,” Deb added..