Vice President Venkaiah Naidu Friday said that “English mind” is an illness, and not the language, and stated the country should be proud of its rich eritage.
Naidu’s statement came in the backdrop of certain comments attributed to him. Some section of the media had quoted Naidu as saying “English is an illness left behind by the British” during a Hindi Day event held in New Delhi early this month.
“Somewhere I was speaking about protecting and encouraging the mother tongue and some section of the media wrote that I said English is (an) illness, I did not say nglish is (an) illness.
“English is not (an) illness, but English mind is (an) illness which we have inherited from the Britishers,” he said.
Naidu said addressing the fourth convocation of the National Institute of Technology Goa (NIT Goa) here.
