Venkaiah Naidu for ‘people’s movement’ to protect Telugu

Addressing a virtual meeting on the promotion of Telugu language organised by Telugu Kutami and Veedhi Arugu, Mr. Naidu said he was an advocate of imparting primary education in the child’s mother tongue.

Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu stressed the need for a ‘people’s movement’ to protect and propagate the Telugu language, even as he put the onus of promoting it on the ruling governments. It should be a joint effort by all stakeholders, he said, pointing out that the manner in which countries like Germany, Russia, China, Australia, Canada and Portugal kept foreign languages at bay without despising them was worth emulating. Addressing a virtual meeting on the promotion of Telugu language organised by Telugu Kutami and Veedhi Arugu on July 31, Mr. Naidu said he was an advocate of imparting primary education in the child’s mother tongue. He said he supports the usage of regional languages in government administration, in court judgements proceedings and judgments, in technical and higher education, and within a household between family members.