Singer Sonu Nigam on language row: ‘Let’s not divide people more’

Singer Sonu Nigam has spoken out against Hindi imposition, amid a renewed debate on the subject, courtesy of a recent exchange between Bollywood star Ajay Devgn and Kannada actor Kiccha Sudeep.

During an interview with Sushant Mehta of Beast Studios, Sonu Nigam, one of India's best-known singers, spoke about the need to avoid creating more tensions in an already polarised atmosphere.

“Let’s not divide people more," he said. "Already, there is a lot going on. You have tensions with others countries. Why create tensions within your own country? You are creating enemies in your own home."

The singer added that he had spoken several experts about language. "As per my knowledge, nowhere in the Constitution is it written that Hindi is the national language of India," he said. "Hindi is the most spoken language in the country, I understand that. Having said that are we aware that Tamil is world's oldest language?"