Congress leader P. Chidambaram has slammed the "increasing practice" of the government using Hindi words in the titles of the Bills and said the change is an "affront" to the non-Hindi-speaking people.
Mr. Chidambaram said, “The non-Hindi-speaking people cannot identify a Bill/Act with titles that are in Hindi words written in English letters, and they cannot pronounce them.”
Uproar in Parliament over Hindi names for Bills
"I am opposed to the increasing practice of the government using Hindi words written in English letters in the title of the Bills to be introduced in Parliament," the former Union Minister said late Monday (December 15, 2025) night.
“Hitherto, the practice was to write the title of the Bill in English words in the English version and in Hindi words in the Hindi version of the Bill,” Mr. Chidambaram said.
