'English is not shame, it is power': Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slams Amit Shah over language remark
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday strongly countered Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent suggestion that English speakers might soon “feel ashamed”. In a post in Hindi made on “X” (formerly Twitter), Gandhi termed English as a valuable instrument for social mobility and not a vestige of colonial dominance.
“English is not a dam, it is a bridge. English is not shameful, it is empowering. English is not a chain—it is a tool to break the chains,” he wrote on social media........





















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