PANJIM: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has condemned the alleged “humiliation” of a Tamil woman at the Goa Airport after she said she didn’t know Hindi to a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel.
Taking to microblogging site X (formerly Twitter), Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said the recurring incidents of passengers from non-Hindi speaking States facing harassment by CISF personnel for not knowing Hindi and being forced to accept the misguided notion that Hindi is the national language of India are deeply concerning.
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“As the passenger Sharmilaa rightly pointed out, this is not just an issue concerning individuals but reflects a systemic insensitivity. It is imperative that the @CISFHQrs takes immediate steps to sensitise its personnel on how to treat passengers and educates them about the rich cultural and linguistic diversity of our Union. Discrimination has no place in our #INDIA; let’s ensure equal respect for all languages,” he said.
Stalin was responding to an incident involving Sharmilaa, a Tamil woman engineer who reportedly experienced difficulties during a security check at the Dabolim Airport.
The engineer, who was returning home after holidaying in Goa, claimed that a CISF officer insulted her after she expressed her lack of knowledge in Hindi when instructed to take a training in the national language.
