Sonu Nigam Shares His Views On The National Language Debates Following Ajay Devgn- Kichcha Sudeep’s Twitter Interaction ( Photo Credit – Sonu Nigam; Ajay Devgn / Facebook )

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Less than a week ago, the internet began buzzing when Kichcha Sudeepa tweeted that Hindi is no longer the ‘national language’ of India. While Ajay Devgn was quick to tweet back to him, it gave rise to the ongoing debate – which many stars have commented on. The latest sharing their views is singer Sonu Nigam.

Nigam, who has lent his voice to songs in Hindi, Kannada, Odia, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Nepali, Malayalam, Bhojpuri and more, has shared his views on Ajay calling Hindi India’s national language. Read on to know all he had to say.

At a recent event moderated by journalist Sushant Mehta, Sonu Nigam got candid and said, “First of all, I don’t think anywhere in the constitution it is written that Hindi is the national language. As far as I know – and have consulted with experts, nowhere it is written that Hindi is (the national language).” He continued, “Hindi is the most spoken language… I understand that. Having said that, are we aware that Tamil is world’s oldest language? There is a debate between Sanskrit and Tamil. People say Tamil is the oldest language in the entire world…”

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