Playback singer Kumar Sanu expressed his opinion on the ongoing language dispute in the country. He said that talent and adaptation ability for work opportunities is more important than language.

Kumar Sanu said that every person in the country should have the freedom to work anywhere, even if his language is different.

What did Kumar Sanu say on language dispute

In a conversation with IANS, the singer shared his views on the language dispute and said that despite linguistic differences, everyone should have the freedom to work across the country. Someone’s learning ability and interest is different. I believe that work should not be interrupted because of this.

Kumar Sanu said, “I do not want to say much about the language. But, everyone has the right to work anywhere in the country. Learning language depends on the ability and interest of the person. The work opportunities should not be a hindrance in the opportunities.”

Recently there was a dispute across the country over language and regional identity. Singer Sonu Nigam got involved in controversies after his concert in Bengaluru. In the video surfaced, he was seen rejecting a fan’s request to sing Kannada singing, which he described as ‘wrong’.

In fact, Sonu compared the incident to the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, after which he was criticized. There was resentment in the Kannada -speaking community and a Kannada organization had filed a complaint against him, alleging that he was accused of promoting linguistic differences.

Apart from this, Bengali singer Iman Chakraborty also came into controversy in December last year. A video of the concert held in his Rajarhat, West Bengal went viral, in which he gave a strong reply to an audience demanding a ban on Bengali songs.

The controversy over a minor seat in Mumbai’s local train has now become a big linguistic issue. On Friday (July 18), in a female compartment of the Central Line on the evening, a woman told another woman – “If you want to live in Mumbai, speak Marathi, otherwise get out”.

The incident happened when the train was packed with the crowd. During this time there was an argument among women. This incident video is now becoming increasingly viral on social media.

What is in viral video?

It was seen in the video that 6 to 7 women were arguing for one seat. In the midst of the debate, a woman commented on not speaking Marathi on another woman, which caught the matter.

Shortly, other women also started participating in the debate. After this incident, Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) have started investigating the case. Officials said that this matter has now become a matter of social and linguistic harmony.

Language dispute depth once again

This incident has again given air to the language politics going on in Maharashtra. Recently, there have been many cases of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists attacking non-Marathi speakers. This week, a shopkeeper was beaten up with WhatsApp status in Vikhroli, Mumbai. The shopkeeper was forced to publicly apologize.

Apart from this, on 1 July, a street food vendor was slapped in Marathi in Thane for not talking in Marathi. The migrant auto driver was publicly beaten in Palghar, including the Shiv Sena workers of the MNS and Uddhav Thackeray faction.

Mumbai businessman Sushil Kedia’s office was also vandalized because he had talked about not learning Marathi. The video of this incident has also gone viral, in which 5 to 6 people were seen throwing bricks in their office.

A security personnel tried to stop them, but the attackers did not stop even to vacate the bag. The businessman later released apologies. Such cases have once again raised the ongoing tension regarding the language and identity of Maharashtra.