Puducherry Welfare Minister: Lack of knowledge in Hindi causes trouble while in Delhi

Puducherry Welfare Minister M Kandasamy has said his inability to communicate in Hindi has caused him inconvenience during his visits to Delhi and stressed that it was important to know multiple languages.

“One should know all languages and more particularly Hindi,” the minister candidly pointed out during the debate on demands for grants to his departments in the Assembly yesterday.

“Lack of knowledge and ability to speak in Hindi causes trouble while I am in Delhi for meetings” he said.

Earlier, referring to the difficulties faced by students, DMK MLA Geetha Anandan said students from Karaikal had to travel to Puducherry to take online tests for admissions to Industrial Training Institutes, India Today reported.

Besides, they were expected to have knowledge of Hindi language, she said.

Interrupting Anandan, Kandasamy said, “one should know all languages and more particularly Hindi.. In my own case I find it difficult to communicate while in New Delhi and meeting my party leader Sonia Gandhi,” he said.

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“Students should have the yearning to learn more languages,” he added.
Replying to a question by Congress leader R.K.R Ananantharaman, Minister for Education R. Kamalakannan said the government would introduce 6 new courses, each with an intake of 60 students. The government also planned to introduce B. Arch, B. Design and B. Mechatronics in Puducherry Engineering College from the next academic year.

He also said the territorial government would increase the number of seats at 40 per group in four groups in Puducherry Engineering College.

Social Welfare Minister M. Kandasamy said steps would be taken to run the school functioning inside the Lingareddipalayam Sugar Mill, which is defunct for the last one year, The Hindu reported.

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