After ‘Hindi speakers sell panipuri’ remark, Tamil Nadu minister clarifies
India Today
In an interview with India Today, Tamil Nadu minister K Ponmudy said that his ‘panipuri’ remark was not an insult towards Hindi speakers.
Tamil Nadu’s higher education minister K Ponmudy clarified his ‘Hindi speakers selling panipuri remark’ and said that selling panipuri is not insulting’.
In an interview with India Today, Ponmudy said that his intention was not to insult Hindi language speakers.
“Selling panipuri is not insulting. They are doing that work here. They are not getting government jobs,” K Ponmudy said.
Clarifying his earlier remark where he had claimed that Hindi speakers are doing menial jobs, Ponmudy said that his comment was directed towards those who had claimed that studying Hindi will get people jobs.
"I was talking to the people who said that if you speak Hindi, you get employment in the North. But what I mentioned is that in the North itself there is unemployment,” Ponmudy said.
When asked about Hindi speakers feeling insulted by his remark, K Ponmudy just replied with an “okay”.
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