Trivendrum: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarai Vijayan has called the Amit Shah’s appeal for making Hindi as a common language is ridiculous. He wrote in his face book that the sangh parivar move was to divert the attention from important issues the country was facing. People of India was identified the truth behind the words of Amit Shah. Wide protests are a sign that the sangh parivar is opening a new battle for in the name of language, he said. The Kerala CM pointed out that the nation recognized 22 different languages, the sangh parivar should withdrawn from the way to deviate from it.

          The language Hindi can unite the country, the Amit Shah’s words is completely wrong, he said. The southern and North-East states people do not speak, he said.

              Hindi is not the mother tongue of a majority of Indians. It is recognized as the official language of India. There is not serious dispute in the country in the name of the language. No Indian citizen should feel that he is not Indian because he does not speak Hindi, he said.

             Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala also lashed out at Mr. Shah saying it would only help divide people. “This is the agenda of the Sangh Parivar”, he said in a statement issued here.