The Growing North-South Divide: Hindi Bill Naming Sparks Constitutional Controversy in India

Dec 16, 2025 10:27 pm CST

India's central government's practice of naming new legislation exclusively in Hindi has sparked significant controversy, highlighting tensions between northern and southern states. The renaming of MNREGA to G Ram G exemplifies this shift, which critics argue violates constitutional provisions and imposes Hindi on non-Hindi speaking regions. Southern leaders particularly view this as linguistic imposition, raising questions about federalism and national unity in a linguistically diverse nation.