Malayalam language row: Congress seeks strict action against Delhi hospital

New Delhi, June 6

The Congress on Sunday demanded strict action against the authorities of a Delhi hospital for issuing a circular that asked the nursing staff not to speak in Malayalam while at work, terming it unconstitutional and denial of fundamental rights.

Congress leaders led by Rahul Gandhi hit out at the authorities at the Delhi Government-run GB Pant Hospital and said language discrimination should end.The hospital has revoked the controversial order.

“Malayalam is as Indian as any other Indian language. Stop language discrimination,” Rahul said.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also shared concerns and posted the order of the Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research that asked the nursing staff to communicate only in Hindi and English, warning them of serious action if they did not follow the instructions.

“This order violates the basic values of our country,” she said in a tweet in Malayali. — TNS & PTI