Nadugovernor R NRavi said politics has become so overwhelming that it has divided people on linguistic lines.
Even while endorsing the state re-organisation based on linguistic lines, he said it should not divide people. He was interacting with a delegation of students fromBiharunder ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ programme. Stressing the need for unity, he urged students to ignore differences based on language, religion, caste and ethnicity.
He said states were created for administrative convenience after the Britishers left India. States were reorganised along linguistic lines in 1956 to ensure that the governments understood the language of the people. But unfortunately, politics has become overwhelming that we have started identifying ourselves as Tamilians, Biharis, Kannadigas, Malayalis, etc.,” he said.