CISF officer asked me if I am Indian: Kanimozhi
Chennai, August 9
Dravida Munnetra Kazagham Member of Parliament Kanimozhi said on Sundaythat a Central Industrial Security Force officer asked her if she was Indian when she asked the woman official to speak in Tamil or English.
“Today at the airport a CISF officer asked me if ‘I am an Indian’,” when I asked her to speak to me in Tamil or English as I did not know Hindi. “I would like to know from when being Indian is equal to knowing Hindi. #hindiimposition,” Kanimozhi who is also the DMK’s women’s wing secretary said on her twitter handle.
A number of social media users replied supporting her, with one of them saying, “I am an Indian and Hindi has nothing to do with it! #hindiimposition Pass it on!. PTI
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