{"id":2440,"date":"2025-08-05T23:04:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/foreign-language-nishikant-dubey-vs-dmk-in-lok-sabha-bjp-mp-refuses-to-speak-in-english-watch-politics-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T23:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:04:36","slug":"foreign-language-nishikant-dubey-vs-dmk-in-lok-sabha-bjp-mp-refuses-to-speak-in-english-watch-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/foreign-language-nishikant-dubey-vs-dmk-in-lok-sabha-bjp-mp-refuses-to-speak-in-english-watch-politics-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Foreign Language&#8217;: Nishikant Dubey Vs DMK In Lok Sabha, BJP MP Refuses To Speak In English | Watch | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9471010\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">July 29, 2025, 16:51 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9471010\" class=\"jsx-1f765b55423e1e5a jsx-3984846372 asubttl-schema\">BJP MP Nishikant Dubey chided the DMK for &#8220;promoting&#8221; the English language and said if this keeps happening, &#8220;we will become England&#8221; and turn into &#8220;slaves&#8221; again<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"jsx-1f765b55423e1e5a jsx-3984846372 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BJP MP Nishikant Dubey speaks during the monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi on July 29. (Image: PTI Videos)\" title=\"BJP MP Nishikant Dubey speaks during the monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi on July 29. (Image: PTI Videos)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=640&amp;height=360\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-1f765b55423e1e5a jsx-3984846372\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BJP MP Nishikant Dubey speaks during the monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi on July 29. (Image: PTI Videos)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">In a scathing response to a request by DMK MPs to speak in English due to a technical glitch in the translator system, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday refused to do so and said it is a \u201cforeign language&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Speaking in Hindi during the ongoing monsoon session in Parliament, Dubey chided the DMK for \u201cpromoting&#8221; the English language and said if this keeps happening, \u201cwe will become England&#8221; and turn into \u201cslaves&#8221; once again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/india\/parliament-monsoon-session-day-7-live-updates-operation-sindoor-debate-lok-sabha-rajya-sabha-live-news-today-liveblog-9469593.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Follow Parliament Operation Sindoor Debate LIVE Updates Here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Dubey further accused the DMK of only being against the Hindi language, claiming the ruling party in Tamil Nadu did not have a problem when another MP spoke in Bengali for half an hour. He took this opportunity to criticise the Congress and its allies, saying they \u201cdon\u2019t like North Indians or Hindi&#8221;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\"><em><strong>Watch the video here:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"twtiframe\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEO | Amid a technical glitch in the translator (system) in the Lok Sabha, Tamil Nadu MPs requested BJP MP Nishikant Dubey (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nishikant_dubey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nishikant_dubey<\/a>) to speak in English. Responding to them, the BJP MP said, &#8220;\u2026It would have been better if you had asked me to speak in Tamil or\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YfMu6PuUV6\">pic.twitter.com\/YfMu6PuUV6<\/a>\u2014 Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTI_News\/status\/1950140109120229753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201c\u2026It would have been better if you had asked me to speak in Tamil or Bengali. English is a foreign language, and your insistence on it reflects your mindset,&#8221; Dubey said after the technical glitch surfaced and Tamil Nadu MPs requested him to speak in English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cSomeone spoke in Bengali for half an hour, yet Tamil Nadu MPs didn\u2019t object. You only have a problem with Hindi. Congress and its allies don\u2019t like North Indians or Hindi,&#8221; he said in Hindi, while responding to the DMK. \u201cIf you keep promoting English, we\u2019ll end up becoming England. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Hum phir se ghulaam ban jayenge<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> (We will become slaves again)\u2026&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/india\/operation-sindoor-how-rajnath-singh-amit-shah-s-jaishankar-rebutted-oppositions-claims-ws-kl-9470456.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ALSO READ | Op Sindoor Ceasefire, Pahalgam Diplomacy &amp; More: How Ministers Countered 5 Opposition Questions<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">When BJP MP Dilip Saikia, who was in the Chair, told him that it was simply a technical issue with the system, Dubey said that is a \u201cLok Sabha problem&#8221; and has nothing to do with him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cI know how to speak in Hindi and I will speak in Hindi, just because you\u2019re saying it, I won\u2019t speak in English,&#8221; he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"authorimg\" src=\"data:image\/jpeg;base64,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\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/news-desk-17918.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">News Desk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The News Desk is a team of passionate editors and writers who break and analyse the most important events unfolding in India and abroad. 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